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[uh-kawrd] / əˈkɔrd /






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Caracas has projected earnings of $209 billion over 25 years from the accord.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

A ceasefire and demilitarisation accord is signed the next day in Sarajevo under UN auspices, but it is never respected.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 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

That leaves space for a historic peace accord.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

Workers laid foundations of immense timbers in crisscrossed layers in accord with Root’s grillage principle, then used steam-powered derricks to raise the tall posts of iron and steel that formed each building’s frame.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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

From Slate Jul. 23, 2026

Sudan, Morocco and Kazakhstan have since also signed the accords.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

"The Claw" now stands on the same storied lawn where president Bill Clinton hosted the 1993 Oslo peace accords signing and Richard Nixon gave his final farewell.

From Barron's Jun. 12, 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

You’ll notice that the coyote isn’t even accorded a jury of his peers, merely two animated jurors out of 12, and one is a silly goose.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

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

In the 2000s, derivatives created from subprime mortgages were accorded top credit ratings; now, the so-called illiquidity premium on portfolios of loans to small and midsize private companies is considered their secret sauce.

From Barron's Mar. 27, 2026

"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

In the middle years of the seventeenth century experience stopped being something that accorded naturally with the statements of previous authorities and became a caustic solvent of fabulous beliefs.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The selloff in bonds is driven by fiscal concerns alongside strong economic growth and high inflation, both of which are heavily linked to the AI trade, according to Watling.

From MarketWatch Sep. 4, 2026

Developers got to AGI by focusing model training on tools, according to Nguyen.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

Water rationing has been in effect in several municipalities since early August, according to news reports.

From Science Daily Sep. 4, 2026

While petrol has hit its highest price since the Iran war began, according to the RAC, diesel remains below the peak of 191.54p a litre it reached on 15 April.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

But we knew when to rap ‘yes’ or ‘no’ according to certain signs she made us during the séance.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock




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