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The Plowshare Project dreamt up idealistic, peacetime applications, such as reversing the course of rivers, triggering small earthquakes to prevent large ones from forming, flooding desserts, and, above all, snaking out a Central American canal with fewer vulnerabilities.
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Shoshi Parks, Popular Science, 14 Aug. 2025
But in peacetime, the nation often retreats into suspicion: frowning on success, moaning about profit, and wrapping ambition in red tape.
—London Business School, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
The first parade of its kind held in peacetime in decades.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 15 June 2025
Each foot soldier carried a ten-pound musket, a sixteen-inch bayonet, a tin canteen, a linen haversack, and his own blanket—a battlefield luxury, since in peacetime five men typically shared two blankets.
—/ Cbs News, CBS News, 13 June 2025
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Shoshi Parks, Popular Science, 14 Aug. 2025
But in peacetime, the nation often retreats into suspicion: frowning on success, moaning about profit, and wrapping ambition in red tape.
—London Business School, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
The first parade of its kind held in peacetime in decades.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 15 June 2025
Each foot soldier carried a ten-pound musket, a sixteen-inch bayonet, a tin canteen, a linen haversack, and his own blanket—a battlefield luxury, since in peacetime five men typically shared two blankets.
—/ Cbs News, CBS News, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peacetime
Noun
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The parade ended with the release of 80,000 doves and an equal number of balloons in a visual spectacle symbolizing peace.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
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Why would Europe's appetite for risk be markedly different after a peace deal is signed?—
Daniel R. DePetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Seemingly, a detente was broached on Monday.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 2025
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Trade 'detente' continued The two sides in May announced a truce in their trade dispute after talks in Geneva, Switzerland, agreeing to a 90-day period to allow further talks.—
Trevor Hunnicutt,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Peacetime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peacetime. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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