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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
Making something that is not America—is communal where America is individualist, is peaceable where America is warring.
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Katherine Packert Burke,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
Instead, the United States should continue to take no position on the ultimate outcome of cross-strait differences, insisting only on a peaceable process.
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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.
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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.
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Howard Steele,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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Katherine Packert Burke,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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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But Otto is the man who served as Hand of the King to Rhaenrya's father, peaceful King Viserys (Paddy Considine).
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To stop the peaceful transfer of power.
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At the same time, federal sentencing policy has increasingly recognized that rehabilitation should remain an important objective, particularly for first time, nonviolent offenders who present little risk of future criminal conduct.
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In 1930, Mahatma Gandhi led the Salt March, a nonviolent protest against the tax, which had become a symbol of colonial oppression.
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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.
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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.
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One consequence of the ensuing wars was the emergence of a new, anti-sectarian, pacifist element in Dutch religious life.
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Pumphrey's circumstances may have led him away from his pacifist roots, White says.
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“Peaceable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peaceable. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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