truced; trucing
: to make a truce
: to end with a truce
Examples of truce in a Sentence
Noun
There's been an uneasy truce between her and her parents for the past several months.
both sides agreed to a 24-hour truce beginning at midnight on Christmas Eve
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John Ruwitch, NPR, 19 Sep. 2025
After more than a decade of proxy battles, 2022 brought a surprising truce when Cracker Barrel and Biglari entered into a Nomination and Cooperation Agreement.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2025
When an amateur true crime investigator arrives with the intention of tracking down the town's serial killer, the unlikely pair strike a truce to avoid being caught – and might just find a love story in their own madness.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
The two countries last month agreed to extend the trade truce by another 90 days, to mid-November.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
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Noun
At a meeting in Geneva in May, the two sides announced a 90-day truce, lowered tariff rates and eased other trade barriers including deliveries of Chinese rare earth minerals.
—John Ruwitch, NPR, 19 Sep. 2025
After more than a decade of proxy battles, 2022 brought a surprising truce when Cracker Barrel and Biglari entered into a Nomination and Cooperation Agreement.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2025
When an amateur true crime investigator arrives with the intention of tracking down the town's serial killer, the unlikely pair strike a truce to avoid being caught – and might just find a love story in their own madness.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
The two countries last month agreed to extend the trade truce by another 90 days, to mid-November.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Truce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truce. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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