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 nationalists and communists fell into an uneasy truce with the creation of the second united front in 1937.
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Meredith Oyen, The Conversation, 2 Sep. 2025
Although China's Nationalists and Communists had been engaged in a civil war for control of the country, Japan's invasion pushed both sides into an uneasy truce that lasted until Japan was defeated.
—Jan Camenzind Broomby, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
The deal said to be under discussion would include a 60-day truce, the release of some of the 50 remaining hostages held by Hamas in return for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, a surge of humanitarian aid into Gaza and a road map toward talks on a lasting ceasefire.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
Talks have continued and tariff rates have cooled as a 90-day trade truce, established in May, was extended through November.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2025
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Meredith Oyen, The Conversation, 2 Sep. 2025
Although China's Nationalists and Communists had been engaged in a civil war for control of the country, Japan's invasion pushed both sides into an uneasy truce that lasted until Japan was defeated.
—Jan Camenzind Broomby, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
The deal said to be under discussion would include a 60-day truce, the release of some of the 50 remaining hostages held by Hamas in return for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, a surge of humanitarian aid into Gaza and a road map toward talks on a lasting ceasefire.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
Talks have continued and tariff rates have cooled as a 90-day trade truce, established in May, was extended through November.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for truce
Noun
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South Korea and North Korea remain technically at war after an armistice agreement brought the Korean War to a close in 1953.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Aug. 2025
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Ukraine could, for example, withdraw its troops from particular areas without making any formal territorial concessions, creating an unrecognized but indefinite line of separation, like the one that followed the Korean armistice, in 1953, or the division of Berlin, during the Cold War.—
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
22 Aug. 2025
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Israel's military has urged the country's political leadership to instead reach a ceasefire agreement, warning that the assault would endanger hostages held in Gaza and soldiers carrying out the offensive, Israeli officials previously said.—
Nidal al-Mughrabi,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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During a ceasefire-for-hostage deal, that number climbed to about 600 daily.—
Amelie Botbol,
FOXNews.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Truce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truce. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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