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accord

[uh-kawrd] / əˈkɔrd /






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Under the terms approved Wednesday, the two sides must reach an accord on the cost of those additional services by October 2027.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

Kushner later reached an accord with Prime Minister Edi Rama to develop Sazan, and began working on plans with Asher Abehsera, a U.S.-based developer who was Kushner’s partner redeveloping Brooklyn offices in the 2010s.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

Armando Novoa, the government representative who negotiated with the group, has sought to reassure them that legal protections prevent De la Espriella from dismantling the accord.

From Barron's Aug. 4, 2026

If negotiations were to resume, it’s unclear whether Trump and his coterie of negotiators have the stamina or the foreign service expertise to bring about an accord.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

The door swings open of its own accord, revealing a cluttered dressing room lined with mirrors, each reflecting a different view of Prospero.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

These accords involve Arab or Muslim countries normalizing relations with Israel.

From Slate Jul. 23, 2026

The violence largely ended with the signing of peace accords in 1998.

From Barron's Jul. 3, 2026

The Israeli prime minister famously clashed with Bill Clinton over the implementation of the Oslo peace accords.

From BBC Jun. 3, 2026

Each turnover being a rare event, most every fresh host has been greeted with a chorus of “Who? What? Why?” before time accords the newcomer a patina of inevitability.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2026

My emotional life accords with the designs, too.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

This column has long maintained that a major operation to wrest control of the Persian Gulf would be recommitting to a strategic past that accorded excessive primacy to the Gulf and its oil.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Unusually for a foreign national, Sir Mark was accorded two of India's top civilian honours: the Padma Shri and the Padma Bhushan.

From BBC Jan. 25, 2026

That AFP was accorded rare access to film and photograph a competition for women and girls was itself a sign of greater official openness.

From Barron's Nov. 17, 2025

Fans — many? most? all? — saw these arrests as special bad treatment accorded to a famous person, but, says Reubens, “30 years later, I still feel the effects all the time.”

From Los Angeles Times May 23, 2025

Estha and Rahel accorded the second third and the third third of the Meenachal the deference it deserved.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

Tim Gaspar, 44, founded an eponymous insurance agency in the Valley, which he sold in 2021, and is now campaigning full-time to win the Third District council seat, according to campaign spokesperson Haley Townes.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

The latest ratings of the ruling United Russia slipped to 32.1% earlier this month - the lowest figure since May, according to Russia's state-owned pollster VCIOM.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

Amazon.com stock could be worth $500 a share by the end of 2027 if the company successfully grows its AWS revenue, according to Morgan Stanley.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

The smartphone maker hasn’t spent nearly as much money as fellow Big Tech companies on AI, and its foundation models are “far from the frontier” level and “subpar,” according to Rothschild & Co Redburn analysts.

From MarketWatch Aug. 17, 2026

They had to do this “outside when the wind was blowing and the temperature was forty below zero,” according to Galina Drobovich, who became the 586th’s chief aircraft mechanic.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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