peace treaty

noun

: an agreement to stop fighting a war

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To this day, neither government formally recognizes the other and no peace treaty to end the civil war or armistice has ever been ⁠signed. Reuters, NBC news, 19 July 2026 Nearly three-quarters of a century later, the ceasefire remains in place — even as both sides have exchanged cross-border gunfire over the years, and as a formal peace treaty remains elusive. Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 17 July 2026 Both sides had an interest in halting the fighting and broadly agreed on the principles that eventually led to disengagement and, ultimately, the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty of 1979. Anthony Wanis-St John, The Conversation, 10 July 2026 In the years following the ceasefire — technically an agreement to pause attacks, as no formal peace treaty was ever signed, meaning the Koreas remain at war — a baby boom caused the human population to soar on both sides of the border, rising from around 30 million people to more than 78 million. The Los Angeles Times, Mercury News, 18 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for peace treaty

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“Peace treaty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peace%20treaty. Accessed 27 Jul. 2026.

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