as in peace
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Recent Examples of peacetime
In peacetime, government protects property rights by protecting free trade.
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Ben Bayer, Oc Register, 19 May 2025
Not only are bike troops totally exposed to Ukrainian drones, artillery and mines—they may also be tempted to try feats of motorcycle aerobatics that would be difficult in peacetime, and are nearly impossible on the battlefield.
—David Axe, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
The pattern that defined this period—an uptick in spying during war, and then its ebbing in peacetime—poses a problem for Rogg and Lowenthal, whose accounts of the years between the Revolution and World War II are overstuffed with desultory detail.
—James Santel, The Atlantic, 8 May 2025
This is a total insult to all veterans of all wars or those who served during peacetime.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 6 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for peacetime
Ben Bayer, Oc Register, 19 May 2025
Not only are bike troops totally exposed to Ukrainian drones, artillery and mines—they may also be tempted to try feats of motorcycle aerobatics that would be difficult in peacetime, and are nearly impossible on the battlefield.
—David Axe, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
The pattern that defined this period—an uptick in spying during war, and then its ebbing in peacetime—poses a problem for Rogg and Lowenthal, whose accounts of the years between the Revolution and World War II are overstuffed with desultory detail.
—James Santel, The Atlantic, 8 May 2025
This is a total insult to all veterans of all wars or those who served during peacetime.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 6 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peacetime
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In a sign of how far from peace the belligerents are, Russia launched another major drone strike overnight, hitting a hospital maternity ward in Odesa and parts of Kyiv, killing two, Ukrainian officials said.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
10 June 2025
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Earlier Monday, Russia and Ukraine held the first stage of a prisoner swap following an agreement reached during peace talks in Istanbul, Turkey.—
Jason Volack,
ABC News,
10 June 2025
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Mixed Trump Trump unquestionably gains from the tariff detente with China and from the stock market recovery.—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
14 May 2025
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Goldman Sachs said Wednesday after Trump’s partial detente that recession chances in the United States were still a coin flip.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Peacetime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peacetime. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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