truce

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 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 Neither side offered details about whether a formal trade truce had been brokered. Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 30 Oct. 2025 At the same time, the sides have been trading blame for violating the truce. USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025 Trump did not mention TikTok during his comments to reporters aboard Air Force One or in a Truth Social post about the truce with China. Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for truce
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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
  • 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
  • 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 7 Nov. 2025.

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