Examples of peacetime in a Sentence
The size of the army was reduced during peacetime.
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As loyalty and conformity often disguised as anticommunism suppressed the fervency for civil rights that punctuated the war years, Du Bois’s conflict increased in intensity for a Black America expecting an improved quality of life in peacetime.
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Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
Over the past decade, Venezuela’s economy has contracted by roughly 80%, the largest peacetime collapse ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2026
The draft contains other elements, including keeping Ukraine's army at 800,000 during peacetime and making Ukraine a member of the European Union by a specific date.
—Arkansas Online, 25 Dec. 2025
In 1950, the Departments of State and Defense drafted NSC-68, a memorandum that called for a massive increase in peacetime defense spending and the development of the hydrogen bomb.
—Caleb Pomeroy, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2025
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Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
Over the past decade, Venezuela’s economy has contracted by roughly 80%, the largest peacetime collapse ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2026
The draft contains other elements, including keeping Ukraine's army at 800,000 during peacetime and making Ukraine a member of the European Union by a specific date.
—Arkansas Online, 25 Dec. 2025
In 1950, the Departments of State and Defense drafted NSC-68, a memorandum that called for a massive increase in peacetime defense spending and the development of the hydrogen bomb.
—Caleb Pomeroy, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2025
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“Peacetime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peacetime. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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peacetime
noun
peace·time
ˈpē-ˌstīm 
: a time when a nation is not at war
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