as in armistice
a temporary stopping of fighting
both sides agreed to a 24-hour truce beginning at midnight on Christmas Eve
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Recent Examples of truce
Lebanon's health ministry said Israeli strikes on the country's south killed 14 people on Sunday alone, the deadliest day since the tenuous truce came into force.
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April 27, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
Despite the truce, both sides continue to strike each other, and Israeli forces have been occupying a buffer zone in Lebanon, demolishing some neighborhoods.
—Samy Magdy, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2026
But the two sides throughout the truce have continued to jockey for advantage over each other, with the Strait of Hormuz emerging as the main battleground.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 27 Apr. 2026
The old consensus that extreme maneuvers were unpopular and painful eventually led to a truce, not just here in California, but around the country.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 24 Apr. 2026
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April 27, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
Despite the truce, both sides continue to strike each other, and Israeli forces have been occupying a buffer zone in Lebanon, demolishing some neighborhoods.
—Samy Magdy, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2026
But the two sides throughout the truce have continued to jockey for advantage over each other, with the Strait of Hormuz emerging as the main battleground.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 27 Apr. 2026
The old consensus that extreme maneuvers were unpopular and painful eventually led to a truce, not just here in California, but around the country.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for truce
Noun
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Though not a mutual agreement on statehood, the armistice was nonetheless a recognition of land borders.—
Mireille Rebeiz,
The Conversation,
8 Apr. 2026
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The South, which remains technically at war — the 1950-1953 Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty — with the North, isn’t standing by.—
Karishma Vaswani,
Twin Cities,
15 Mar. 2026
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The truce, poised to coincide with Russia’s Victory Day holiday on May 9, would come several weeks after Kyiv and Moscow negotiated a ceasefire around Orthodox Easter, though each side accused the other of violations.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a May 9 ceasefire to coincide with Victory Day in Russia in a phone call with Trump the previous day, according to the Kremlin.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Truce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truce. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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