as in peace
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Recent Examples of peacetime
In peacetime, the company has no trouble keeping up with demand.
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Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
Even in peacetime, Stubby found ways to steal the show.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
But peacetime reforms are often too few and too late.
—Zack Cooper, Foreign Affairs, 21 Feb. 2025
Finally, a broad peacetime decoupling might fail.
—Stephen G. Brooks, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2025
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Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
Even in peacetime, Stubby found ways to steal the show.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
But peacetime reforms are often too few and too late.
—Zack Cooper, Foreign Affairs, 21 Feb. 2025
Finally, a broad peacetime decoupling might fail.
—Stephen G. Brooks, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peacetime
Noun
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The attack followed President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance warning that Washington could abandon trying to negotiate a Ukraine-Russia peace settlement if there is no progress on a deal soon.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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Kyiv suspects, with good reason, that Russia will grab land while talking peace.—
The Editors,
National Review,
24 Apr. 2025
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Higher-level American and Russian diplomats meet in Saudi Arabia to float ceasefire ideas and a wider detente, while lower-level diplomatic meetings began in the new venue of Turkey last week to address the technical details of embassies reopening.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
14 Apr. 2025
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Your sons are adults and will have to reach a detente on their own.—
Abigail Van Buren,
Boston Herald,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Peacetime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peacetime. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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