peacetime

noun

Definition of peacetimenext
as in peace

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Recent Examples of peacetime The attack was the latest targeting a vessel moving through the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf, through which a fifth of all oil and natural gas traded once passed in peacetime. — ABC News, 7 July 2026 The key along the way is to avoid normalizing wartime mindsets in peacetime societies, says Hans Horan, a strategic analyst at The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies. — Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 6 July 2026 However, these numbers are still far below peacetime traffic when around 120 ships crossed the strait each day. — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 30 June 2026 During his time at the Fed, the US economy experienced one of the strongest peacetime economic expansions in its history. — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 22 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for peacetime
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  • Last month, Washington alleviated oil sanctions on Tehran as part of the memorandum of understanding between both parties – which laid out a long term path to peace.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
  • Buyers have made peace with rates Remember when everyone assumed mortgage rates would drop any day now?
    — Sara B. Hansen, Denver Post, 24 July 2026
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