as in armistice
a temporary stopping of fighting
both sides agreed to a 24-hour truce beginning at midnight on Christmas Eve
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Recent Examples of truce
Trump had previously signaled openness to allowing Nvidia to sell its advanced Blackwell AI chip to China as part of his trade war truce with Beijing.
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Diane Brady, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
Hegseth visited the Panmunjom truce village on the Demilitarized Zone border with North Korea, accompanied by South Korea’s Ahn, according to the South Korean defense ministry.
—Reuters, NBC news, 3 Nov. 2025
The president, who finished a weeklong swing through Asia on Thursday, announced an uneasy truce with China following a meeting with its leader, President Xi Jinping, in South Korea.
—David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 31 Oct. 2025
The world too needs to be grateful that the two superpowers are talking like adults again, and with a one year trade truce in motion, are starting to take a more pragmatic path.
—Kerry Brown, Time, 31 Oct. 2025
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Diane Brady, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
Hegseth visited the Panmunjom truce village on the Demilitarized Zone border with North Korea, accompanied by South Korea’s Ahn, according to the South Korean defense ministry.
—Reuters, NBC news, 3 Nov. 2025
The president, who finished a weeklong swing through Asia on Thursday, announced an uneasy truce with China following a meeting with its leader, President Xi Jinping, in South Korea.
—David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 31 Oct. 2025
The world too needs to be grateful that the two superpowers are talking like adults again, and with a one year trade truce in motion, are starting to take a more pragmatic path.
—Kerry Brown, Time, 31 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for truce
Noun
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But Evans took the possibility seriously enough to sign the pledge and hold a press conference with his one-time Libertarian opponent to announce their armistice.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
26 Oct. 2025
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As a result, Syria was forced to sign an armistice agreement with Israel on July 20, 1949.—
Mireille Rebeiz,
The Conversation,
9 Oct. 2025
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The White House’s senior advisor for Arab and African Affairs, Massad Boulos, fresh from brokering a ceasefire in the 30-year war between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, held talks with Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty in Cairo on Sunday.—
Paul Tilsley,
FOXNews.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Braslavski was among the final 20 living hostages released last month after more than two years in captivity as part of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.—
Jeremy Diamond,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Truce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truce. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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