Examples of peacetime in a Sentence
The size of the army was reduced during peacetime.
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Howard, who had served as a second lieutenant with the Ninety‑Second Division, 366th Infantry in France during World War I, accused President Truman of using the Cold War to justify a sweeping peacetime expansion of America’s global military footprint.
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Literary Hub, 27 Jan. 2026
In December 1987, the ferry Dona Paz sank after colliding with a fuel tanker off the central Philippines, killing more than 4,300 people in the world’s worst peacetime maritime disaster.
—Jim Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 26 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
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Literary Hub, 27 Jan. 2026
In December 1987, the ferry Dona Paz sank after colliding with a fuel tanker off the central Philippines, killing more than 4,300 people in the world’s worst peacetime maritime disaster.
—Jim Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 26 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
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“Peacetime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peacetime. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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peacetime
noun
peace·time
ˈpē-ˌstīm 
: a time when a nation is not at war
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