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The size of the army was reduced during peacetime.
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Killing in war and peacetime The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights is one such treaty to which the United States is a party.
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Mary Ellen O'Connell, The Conversation, 4 Sep. 2025
It was created after the Civil War to prevent federal troops from being used to enforce civilian laws in peacetime.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Amid the fighting, death, and destruction in the east and unremitting nighttime attacks on cities, however, these peacetime atmospherics can seem jarring.
—Nataliya Gumenyuk, Foreign Affairs, 29 Aug. 2025
The plant that proved an airplane could be built like a car then returned to peacetime work, changing hands among automakers as demand shifted.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2025
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Mary Ellen O'Connell, The Conversation, 4 Sep. 2025
It was created after the Civil War to prevent federal troops from being used to enforce civilian laws in peacetime.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Amid the fighting, death, and destruction in the east and unremitting nighttime attacks on cities, however, these peacetime atmospherics can seem jarring.
—Nataliya Gumenyuk, Foreign Affairs, 29 Aug. 2025
The plant that proved an airplane could be built like a car then returned to peacetime work, changing hands among automakers as demand shifted.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2025
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“Peacetime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peacetime. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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peacetime
noun
peace·time
ˈpē-ˌstīm 
: a time when a nation is not at war
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