truced; trucing
: to make a truce
: to end with a truce
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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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ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026
The world’s two largest economies reached a trade truce in October that lowered the effective tariff rate to less than 50% for a year.
—Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2026
Their findings, published in the journal Subterranean Biology in October 2025, describe what might be the world’s largest spiderweb — and the bizarre truce happening inside it.
—Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Mar. 2026
Researchers believe the cave’s permanent darkness impairs the spiders’ vision, creating an unlikely truce between predator and prey.
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Zelenskyy has previously offered a ceasefire for the Easter period — but Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said earlier this week that Moscow wants a lasting peace settlement, not a temporary truce.
—ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026
The world’s two largest economies reached a trade truce in October that lowered the effective tariff rate to less than 50% for a year.
—Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2026
Their findings, published in the journal Subterranean Biology in October 2025, describe what might be the world’s largest spiderweb — and the bizarre truce happening inside it.
—Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Mar. 2026
Researchers believe the cave’s permanent darkness impairs the spiders’ vision, creating an unlikely truce between predator and prey.
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
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“Truce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truce. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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