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 struck a deal with the UK in early May, and reached a trade truce with Beijing last week.
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Lionel Lim, Fortune, 3 July 2025
Talks to extend the truce further failed as Israel refused Hamas’ demand for all of the roughly 10,000 Palestinian prisoners, including 400 children, to be freed, and as Hamas refused to release captive women soldiers as part of its agreement to release all women and children held in Gaza.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 2 July 2025
Trump and his aides appear to be seeking to use any momentum from U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran nuclear sites, as well as a ceasefire that took hold last week in that conflict, to secure a lasting truce in the war in Gaza.
—Steve Holland, USA Today, 2 July 2025
The nations continued strikes with no signs of a truce in the near future.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
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Lionel Lim, Fortune, 3 July 2025
Talks to extend the truce further failed as Israel refused Hamas’ demand for all of the roughly 10,000 Palestinian prisoners, including 400 children, to be freed, and as Hamas refused to release captive women soldiers as part of its agreement to release all women and children held in Gaza.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 2 July 2025
Trump and his aides appear to be seeking to use any momentum from U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran nuclear sites, as well as a ceasefire that took hold last week in that conflict, to secure a lasting truce in the war in Gaza.
—Steve Holland, USA Today, 2 July 2025
The nations continued strikes with no signs of a truce in the near future.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for truce
Noun
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Because Korean War hostilities ended with an armistice rather than a formal peace treaty, the neighbors technically remain in a state of war.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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To get back the limited territory lost to the Russians, Finland aligned with the Nazis, until 1944, when the country signed an armistice with the Soviet Union.—
Patrick Sauer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 June 2025
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Israel closed its airspace on June 13 — with full operations resuming after the 12 days of conflict concluded following a ceasefire deal brokered by President Donald Trump.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
9 July 2025
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Israel continued to pound Gaza even as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a second meeting with US President Donald Trump to discuss a ceasefire.—
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9 July 2025
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“Truce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truce. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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