Examples of peacetime in a Sentence
The size of the army was reduced during peacetime.
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When the country shifted from wartime to peacetime, Americans were ready to splurge and soon began spending big on new cars, appliances and clothes.
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Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2025
The current push for a Military Schengen on the part of the European Commission envisions a dramatically shorter timeline for military mobility—three days during peacetime, and six hours during emergencies.
—Ilan Berman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
The original plan, for example, caps the Ukrainian army at 600,000 personnel, but that is larger than the British, French, and German armies combined, and is a much bigger force than Ukraine could hope to maintain in peacetime.
—Anatol Lieven, Time, 28 Nov. 2025
Previously, the 1996 Garley building fire, which killed 41 people, was widely described as the worst peacetime fire in Hong Kong history.
—Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 26 Nov. 2025
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Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2025
The current push for a Military Schengen on the part of the European Commission envisions a dramatically shorter timeline for military mobility—three days during peacetime, and six hours during emergencies.
—Ilan Berman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
The original plan, for example, caps the Ukrainian army at 600,000 personnel, but that is larger than the British, French, and German armies combined, and is a much bigger force than Ukraine could hope to maintain in peacetime.
—Anatol Lieven, Time, 28 Nov. 2025
Previously, the 1996 Garley building fire, which killed 41 people, was widely described as the worst peacetime fire in Hong Kong history.
—Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 26 Nov. 2025
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“Peacetime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peacetime. Accessed 7 Dec. 2025.
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peacetime
noun
peace·time
ˈpē-ˌstīm 
: a time when a nation is not at war
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