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The size of the army was reduced during peacetime.
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While ideally situated for easy access from the city in peacetime, the Ecopark turned out to be in exactly the wrong place amid armed conflict.
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 8 Jan. 2025
There are, despite experienced canal zone pilots who steer ships through the canal, accidents in peacetime, as Yon reports.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
Crimes against humanity do not need to be linked to an armed conflict and can also occur in peacetime.
—Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Croatian actor Dado Ćosić stars as partisan hero Lovro who fought the local fascist forces of the Ustashas and the Nazis as a young man during WWII and then built a career as a film director in peacetime.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 3 Dec. 2024
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 8 Jan. 2025
There are, despite experienced canal zone pilots who steer ships through the canal, accidents in peacetime, as Yon reports.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
Crimes against humanity do not need to be linked to an armed conflict and can also occur in peacetime.
—Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Croatian actor Dado Ćosić stars as partisan hero Lovro who fought the local fascist forces of the Ustashas and the Nazis as a young man during WWII and then built a career as a film director in peacetime.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Peacetime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peacetime. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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peacetime
noun
peace·time
ˈpē-ˌstīm 
: a time when a nation is not at war
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