Examples of peacetime in a Sentence
The size of the army was reduced during peacetime.
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The 35 passages represent nearly a third of normal peacetime traffic, which was around 120 per day through the strait, which normally sees around a fifth of the world's oil and gas exports.
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Khaled Wassef,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
During his time at the Fed, the US economy experienced one of the strongest peacetime economic expansions in its history.
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Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
22 June 2026
The regiments remained in place during war and peacetime until the Army was racially integrated in 1944.
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Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
20 June 2026
If anything, smaller nations see China’s military buildup — the largest by any country in peacetime — as the threat to regional security, not Japan’s.
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Andy Browne,
semafor.com,
2 June 2026
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Khaled Wassef,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
During his time at the Fed, the US economy experienced one of the strongest peacetime economic expansions in its history.
—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
22 June 2026
The regiments remained in place during war and peacetime until the Army was racially integrated in 1944.
—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
20 June 2026
If anything, smaller nations see China’s military buildup — the largest by any country in peacetime — as the threat to regional security, not Japan’s.
—
Andy Browne,
semafor.com,
2 June 2026
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“Peacetime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peacetime. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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peacetime
noun
peace·time
ˈpē-ˌstīm 
: a time when a nation is not at war
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