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The size of the army was reduced during peacetime.
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These challenges all place a premium on quiet peacetime coordination between Washington and Taipei to build alignment on notional military plans and war aims, procedures for escalation management and signaling to Beijing, and conditions for terminating a war.
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Rebecca Lissner, Foreign Affairs, 14 Nov. 2025
The event is believed to be the deadliest peacetime maritime disaster involving a Polish ship.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025
Furthermore, carrier operations are among the most complex peacetime activities humans undertake.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
Revitalizing commercial shipbuilding — ferries, merchant vessels, water taxis, and vessels for short-sea shipping — would not only unlock that value in peacetime, but also create the industrial foundation for defense.
—Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025
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Rebecca Lissner, Foreign Affairs, 14 Nov. 2025
The event is believed to be the deadliest peacetime maritime disaster involving a Polish ship.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025
Furthermore, carrier operations are among the most complex peacetime activities humans undertake.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
Revitalizing commercial shipbuilding — ferries, merchant vessels, water taxis, and vessels for short-sea shipping — would not only unlock that value in peacetime, but also create the industrial foundation for defense.
—Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Peacetime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peacetime. Accessed 24 Nov. 2025.
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peacetime
noun
peace·time
ˈpē-ˌstīm 
: a time when a nation is not at war
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