compacts
- present tense form of compact (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Agreements will be concluded and implemented “very soon” with three Pacific Island nations covered by so-called Compacts of Free Association, said Kritenbrink in the teleconference.
From Reuters • Sep. 29, 2023
Under the Compacts of Free Association that date to the 1960s, the U.S. provides the three countries with postal services and runs their weather forecasting, air traffic control and emergency management operations.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 9, 2023
Compacts could be used, as well, to accelerate large-scale random-sampling serology testing for antibodies — a necessary step to understanding the extent of public immunity.
From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2020
Under Queen Victoria's reign, a natural mole was "absolutely a mark of disgrace", says Madeleine Marsh, author of The Compacts and Cosmetics: Beauty from Victorian Times to the Present Day.
From BBC • Nov. 11, 2015
Compacts may give it one form or another, but in one form or another it must exist.
From Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject by Elliott, E. N.
