Examples of peacetime in a Sentence
The size of the army was reduced during peacetime.
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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.
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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
Whatever the argument, the tenacious problem that the Trump administration will face is that neither the letter of the law nor historical precedents support peacetime use of the Alien Enemies Act.
—Daniel Tichenor, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025
Martin: The President is using tools that previous Presidents have not used in peacetime, declaring a national emergency at the southern border, invoking the Alien Enemies Act.
—Michel Martin, NPR, 1 May 2025
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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
Whatever the argument, the tenacious problem that the Trump administration will face is that neither the letter of the law nor historical precedents support peacetime use of the Alien Enemies Act.
—Daniel Tichenor, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025
Martin: The President is using tools that previous Presidents have not used in peacetime, declaring a national emergency at the southern border, invoking the Alien Enemies Act.
—Michel Martin, NPR, 1 May 2025
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“Peacetime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peacetime. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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peacetime
noun
peace·time
ˈpē-ˌstīm 
: a time when a nation is not at war
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