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Recent Examples of peacetime
Amid the fighting, death, and destruction in the east and unremitting nighttime attacks on cities, however, these peacetime atmospherics can seem jarring.
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Nataliya Gumenyuk, Foreign Affairs, 29 Aug. 2025
The plant that proved an airplane could be built like a car then returned to peacetime work, changing hands among automakers as demand shifted.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2025
Following the pandemic, the U.S. money supply, measured by M2, experienced the fastest rate of peacetime growth since the Fed’s founding in 1913.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
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.
—Shoshi Parks, Popular Science, 14 Aug. 2025
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Nataliya Gumenyuk, Foreign Affairs, 29 Aug. 2025
The plant that proved an airplane could be built like a car then returned to peacetime work, changing hands among automakers as demand shifted.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2025
Following the pandemic, the U.S. money supply, measured by M2, experienced the fastest rate of peacetime growth since the Fed’s founding in 1913.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
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.
—Shoshi Parks, Popular Science, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peacetime
Noun
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The agency characterized the Chinese movements as an intrusion and accused China of undermining regional peace and stability.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Trump’s peace plan has backed Hamas into a corner, leaving the militant group to face an existential dilemma.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Skeptically accepting a meeting with Edward in the spirit of detente, Ellen feels electricity sparking between them, and vice versa.—
Robert Lloyd,
Boston Herald,
28 Sep. 2025
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That detente has since been extended to November, as the two sides race to strike a broader deal to resolve their trade differences and long-running disputes.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
20 Sep. 2025
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“Peacetime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peacetime. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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