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Both parties have proven incapable of fiscal restraint — even in peacetime.
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Don Muir, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
In peacetime, military forces working with NATO conduct training exercises across Eastern Europe and other places to help reassure allies about the strength of the military coalition – and to deter potential aggressors, like Russia.
—John Deni, The Conversation, 27 May 2025
The debt percentage would fall at that time as the peacetime economy grew quickly and government spending, no longer prosecuting a war, fell sharply.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 22 May 2025
At the time, officials were able to keep the notion at bay, citing the questionable optics of a peacetime demonstration.
—Alana Wise, NPR, 14 June 2025
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Don Muir, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
In peacetime, military forces working with NATO conduct training exercises across Eastern Europe and other places to help reassure allies about the strength of the military coalition – and to deter potential aggressors, like Russia.
—John Deni, The Conversation, 27 May 2025
The debt percentage would fall at that time as the peacetime economy grew quickly and government spending, no longer prosecuting a war, fell sharply.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 22 May 2025
At the time, officials were able to keep the notion at bay, citing the questionable optics of a peacetime demonstration.
—Alana Wise, NPR, 14 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peacetime
Noun
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Trump has made brokering peace with Russia and Ukraine a priority of his administration, but has been unsuccessful at producing a ceasefire even though he’s helped bring both sides to the negotiating table.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
5 July 2025
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Just a few minutes from downtown Saluda, this relaxed, pet-friendly lodge is all about simple pleasures—coffee on the deck, starry nights by the fire pit, and the kind of peace that comes naturally when you’re surrounded by forest.—
Lydia Mansel,
Southern Living,
5 July 2025
Noun
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Such fears led to intelligence-policy breakdowns over estimates of enemy strength in the Vietnam War and estimates of Soviet missile capabilities in the early years of detente.—
Joshua Rovner,
The Conversation,
2 July 2025
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Tesla’s stock partially recovered amid hopes of a detente, rising 5 percent.—
Miranda Nazzaro,
The Hill,
7 June 2025
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“Peacetime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peacetime. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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