Examples of peacetime in a Sentence
The size of the army was reduced during peacetime.
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The post roads and sea lanes, typical avenues of communication in peacetime, were under constant threat during the war.
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Sarah Botstein, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Taiwan’s biggest defense show, TADTE 2025, was electric with urgency and international presence, but if the forecasts of invasion in 2027 materialize, this could indeed be Taiwan’s last peacetime expo.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2025
The concept of a national service program in peacetime is not new.
—Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Those same technologies will be just as important in peacetime, helping rebuild a country that will long be scarred by mines.
—David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Sarah Botstein, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Taiwan’s biggest defense show, TADTE 2025, was electric with urgency and international presence, but if the forecasts of invasion in 2027 materialize, this could indeed be Taiwan’s last peacetime expo.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2025
The concept of a national service program in peacetime is not new.
—Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Those same technologies will be just as important in peacetime, helping rebuild a country that will long be scarred by mines.
—David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Peacetime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peacetime. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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peacetime
noun
peace·time
ˈpē-ˌstīm 
: a time when a nation is not at war
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