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as in peaceful
inclined to live in peace and to avoid war
a peaceable nation that has never had any interest in conquest
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as in nonviolent
not involving violence or force
trying to find a peaceable resolution
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Recent Examples of peaceable
Perhaps, like Flaubert, Kubrick knew that his domestic tidiness and calmness enabled him to commit to the screen far less peaceable visions in such classic films as Dr. Strangelove (1964) or 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).
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Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 28 Nov. 2025
Instead, the United States should continue to take no position on the ultimate outcome of cross-strait differences, insisting only on a peaceable process.
—Stephen Wertheim, Foreign Affairs, 28 Oct. 2025
If peaceable trading isn't your dream, consider the corsair life, pillaging other ships for their precious cargo.
—Alan Bradley, Space.com, 7 Oct. 2025
In fact, as believing Christians, Jews, or Muslims know, the founders and leaders of these major world religions advocate understanding of others, empathy for their suffering, and the pursuit of peaceable relations with all.
—Howard Steele, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
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Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 28 Nov. 2025
Instead, the United States should continue to take no position on the ultimate outcome of cross-strait differences, insisting only on a peaceable process.
—Stephen Wertheim, Foreign Affairs, 28 Oct. 2025
If peaceable trading isn't your dream, consider the corsair life, pillaging other ships for their precious cargo.
—Alan Bradley, Space.com, 7 Oct. 2025
In fact, as believing Christians, Jews, or Muslims know, the founders and leaders of these major world religions advocate understanding of others, empathy for their suffering, and the pursuit of peaceable relations with all.
—Howard Steele, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peaceable
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Hiking in Kolob Canyons offers the kind of peaceful solitude that’s difficult to find in Zion.—
Dave Parfitt,
USA Today,
9 May 2026
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The mood is cocooning, cinematic, and wonderfully peaceful.—
Kathryn O’Shea-Evans,
Robb Report,
9 May 2026
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Carroll Rivas added that decreases of nonviolent incidents in the audit appear in part attributed to fewer in-person events, leaflet or flyer distributions or other gatherings, particularly among white nationalists and neo-Nazis.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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Her tough stand against military rule in Myanmar turned her into a symbol of nonviolent struggle for democracy, and won her the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Olivier tried successfully to get the reader to understand how a gentle, pacific young man could come to kill more than a thousand people, and so capturing the tone and empathetic portrayal not only of Simo Häyhä and his colleagues but also of the often-bewildered Russian soldiers was essential.—
Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
30 Jan. 2026
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Courtesy: Apple Apple on Tuesday sent invites to the media and analysts for a launch event at its campus on September 9 at 10 A.M pacific time.—
Kif Leswing,
CNBC,
26 Aug. 2025
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Members of the historic pacifist churches like the Quakers, the Mennonites and the Brethren had tough choices to make after hearing the declaration’s call to arms.—
Thomas Tweed,
The Conversation,
24 Apr. 2026
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Philip Fong | Afp | Getty Images Japan renounced war under Article 9 of its post-World War II pacifist constitution.—
Sam Meredith,Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Peaceable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peaceable. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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