Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonbelligerents
Noun
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However, it was criticized by pacifists at home and China for deviating from Japan’s postwar self-defense only principle.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026 -
All voiceover in the film is detached from the images, from a mixture of unidentified community folk who are content to speak anonymously, and neighboring outsiders perplexed by these out-of-time pacifists.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
21 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The Vikings mixed him in with some of the second-team defenders during minicamp.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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Moussouris wrote that the capabilities Fable displayed using the Amazon technique, while potentially useful to attackers, were also vital for cyber defenders.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
15 June 2026
Noun
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When peacemakers finally pried apart Slaughter and Dropo, Slaughter had his jersey ripped, but Dropo had taken the more telling punches.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
13 June 2026
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The world did not become more peaceful and democratic, despite the efforts of Norwegian peacemakers.—
Ola Morris Innset,
The Dial,
2 June 2026
Noun
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The agreement boosts the wait-and-see approach advocated by doves at the Fed, who are generally more willing to keep rates lower.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
16 June 2026
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Think of doves in paintings of the Annunciation or dead pheasants in Dutch still-life paintings.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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