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Recent Examples of peaceable For decades in the United States, scientists and government officials have coexisted in a mostly peaceable and productive symbiosis. Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2025 That's because the First Amendment rights of freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and peaceable assembly are fundamental protections of our ability to criticize public officials. John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025 The second time, in 1937, the Court ruled, 5-4, that Herndon's conviction for attempting to incite insurrection violated his rights to free speech and peaceable assembly. John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025 Military comedies have a long and relatively peaceable history on screens small and large — Fred Astaire, Bob Hope, Abbott and Costello, Martin and Lewis and Bill Murray all made them. Robert Lloyd, Boston Herald, 6 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for peaceable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peaceable
Adjective
  • Nearby, at Hatta Dam, rent a kayak and enjoy a peaceful few hours on the quiet waters, surrounded by dramatic peaks.
    Natasha Amar, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
  • When they are released, these reports will now reportedly exclude information on issues such as government efforts to deny freedom of movement and peaceful assembly, failures to retain or provide due process for political prisoners, and the harassment of human rights organizations.
    Time, Time, 21 May 2025
Adjective
  • Box was convicted of felony civil disorder and nonviolent misdemeanor charges related to the Capitol breach.
    Tom Dreisbach, NPR, 21 May 2025
  • Others being apprehended are law-abiding immigrants here legally, who have displeased the current administration through nonviolent exercise of the right to free speech.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
Adjective
  • Xi must know that old societies tend to be pacific and that China is getting old fast.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Their awards show is today, Saturday, at 12 noon pacific time.
    Charlie Fink, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Before the Japanese government released its national security strategy policy guidelines in 2022, Japan's defense budget was limited to only 1 percent of GDP, or 5 trillion yen ($35 billion), by its constitution, which renounces war and puts the country on a pacifist course.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Meanwhile, a visiting company of the pacifist fake Irish Travelers called the Tuatha’an have sought refuge in the village too, and Perrin’s counting on these non-fighters to run the town’s children to safety.
    Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025

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“Peaceable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peaceable. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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