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
Putin announced a temporary Easter ceasefire, but Ukraine remains skeptical after previous attempts to broker lasting truces have repeatedly failed with both sides trading accusations.
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Volodymyr Yurchuk, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, only five ships crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, the first day of the fragile truce, according to MarineTraffic, a ship tracking and maritime analytics provider.
—Katherine Doyle, NBC news, 9 Apr. 2026
The 14-day truce, which the US said is conditional on Iran unblocking Hormuz, has yet to translate into a meaningful increase in shipping.
—Julian Lee, Bloomberg, 9 Apr. 2026
Already, the truce has shown signs of strain.
—Ioana Emy Matesan, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2026
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Volodymyr Yurchuk, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, only five ships crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, the first day of the fragile truce, according to MarineTraffic, a ship tracking and maritime analytics provider.
—Katherine Doyle, NBC news, 9 Apr. 2026
The 14-day truce, which the US said is conditional on Iran unblocking Hormuz, has yet to translate into a meaningful increase in shipping.
—Julian Lee, Bloomberg, 9 Apr. 2026
Already, the truce has shown signs of strain.
—Ioana Emy Matesan, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for truce
Noun
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Though not a mutual agreement on statehood, the armistice was nonetheless a recognition of land borders.—
Mireille Rebeiz,
The Conversation,
8 Apr. 2026
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The South, which remains technically at war — the 1950-1953 Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty — with the North, isn’t standing by.—
Karishma Vaswani,
Twin Cities,
15 Mar. 2026
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The ceasefire is already fragile.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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An abrupt increase with lasting impacts The ceasefire reached earlier this week stemmed some fears that the conflict could drastically deepen or even come to a resolution sooner than later.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Truce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truce. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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