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The size of the army was reduced during peacetime.
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Walz on Sunday declared a peacetime emergency and mobilized the National Guard to help battle the flames.
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Aki Nace, CBS News, 18 May 2026
To conflate the two in public, alongside Xi, is to tell Beijing that one of the most aggressive components of its peacetime posture against the United States carries no political price.
—Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 18 May 2026
Now in peacetime and with a new set of actors, the time had come to bury the hatchet and settle the issue between once and for all.
—Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
About a fifth of the world's trade in oil and natural gas typically passes through the strait at the mouth of the Persian Gulf in peacetime.
—ABC News, 2 May 2026
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Aki Nace, CBS News, 18 May 2026
To conflate the two in public, alongside Xi, is to tell Beijing that one of the most aggressive components of its peacetime posture against the United States carries no political price.
—Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 18 May 2026
Now in peacetime and with a new set of actors, the time had come to bury the hatchet and settle the issue between once and for all.
—Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
About a fifth of the world's trade in oil and natural gas typically passes through the strait at the mouth of the Persian Gulf in peacetime.
—ABC News, 2 May 2026
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“Peacetime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peacetime. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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peacetime
noun
peace·time
ˈpē-ˌstīm 
: a time when a nation is not at war
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