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accord

[uh-kawrd] / əˈkɔrd /






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Paramount has said it will be prepared to move its operations from California to a friendlier state such as Tennessee in October if it can’t reach an accord with California and the other 11 states.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

In his campaign for the top Fed job, Warsh said he was open to a rewrite of the accord, but he hasn’t given any specifics.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

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

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

For this brief moment, the two physicists’ ambitions and skills fell into perfect accord.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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

From Slate Jul. 23, 2026

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

From BBC Jun. 3, 2026

"It seems to me highly unlikely in the near term you're going to see any broadening of these accords," he said.

From Barron's May 25, 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

"The Iranian side had requested permission on 28 February for three ships in the region to dock at our ports. This was accorded on 1 March," Jaishankar told parliament on Monday.

From BBC Mar. 9, 2026

Selecting a Thanksgiving day was a royal prerogative, he declared, accorded solely to him as the representative of the Catholic King James II. Andros named Dec. 1 as Thanksgiving Day for all New England.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 25, 2025

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

The Took family was still, indeed, accorded a special respect, for it remained both numerous and exceedingly wealthy, and was liable to produce in every generation strong characters of peculiar habits and even adventurous temperament.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Sami dropped Brady’s pass, caught Brees’s throw and was “basically destroyed” by McEnroe, he said, according to the court decision.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

Cambridge answered detailed complaints about Mr. Arday’s work in 2023 with his department’s “full support,” according to Retraction Watch.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

“He was a stagehand and a sound man,” according to an obituary for Bernardi.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

Most of the migrants swam around the border fence and at least 100 people died during the mass crossing, according to figures from Ceuta's mayor, Juan Jesús Vivas.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

This was the result of the Swanburne hair poultice that was applied on a regular basis, to repel lice and fleas and encourage healthy scalps, according to school policy.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood




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