How to Use deterrence in a Sentence

deterrence

noun

• The author argues that deterrence is no longer the best way to prevent war.
• He was blocked once, a deterrence that wasn’t enough to keep him from scoring on three other drives.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2022
• Their mission will be to train and provide deterrence but not to engage in combat in Ukraine.
  — Fox News, 12 Feb. 2022
• The move has aroused fears of a U.S. war with Russia, but the goal here is deterrence to prevent a war.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 2 Feb. 2022
• Biden and Scholz were clear in expressing their broad agreement on a two-track approach of diplomacy and deterrence.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2022
• So, right now, the U.S. is continuing down these two paths of diplomacy and deterrence.
  — ABC News, 13 Feb. 2022
• Some states are trying to mitigate threats of deterrence related to marijuana use.
  — Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2024
• This latest episode underscores the near-complete breakdown of deterrence in the Middle East.
  — Mona Yacoubian, Foreign Affairs, 3 Oct. 2024
• Success requires an inherently fraught blend of deterrence and engagement, Brands noted.
  — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2022
• So, giving - giving him assistance and not knowing - and not - and not having to defend against a particular target is probably not the best way to establish this kind of deterrence.
  — CBS News, 6 Oct. 2024
• The first American president had a solid understanding of deterrence.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 9 Feb. 2022
• Not that the commission has done much on the deterrence front.
  — Jon Healey, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Mar. 2023
• Then the city hired him to help with focused deterrence.
  — Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 May 2024
• And the way to reestablish deterrence is to ignore the arms of the octopus and go straight for its head.
  — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 19 Apr. 2024
• Israeli prison should be a form of deterrence, and not a reward.
  — Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 20 Feb. 2023
• And, of course, defense is a backstop against the failure of deterrence.
  — The Editors, National Review, 10 Oct. 2022
• That’s why deterrence, in my view, works more often than not.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 19 May 2024
• So maybe that will be a form of deterrence that's largely been lost since this war began.
  — CBS News, 18 May 2022
• Now the next step for Tyler is to adjust to these latest attempts at deterrence.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2023
• And then two, to be able to defeat those adversaries in war should that deterrence fail.
  — CBS News, 15 Sep. 2022
• But none of these threats have caused the U.S. to change its own nuclear posture of strategic deterrence.
  — ABC News, 9 Oct. 2022
• Critics say the problem is too much friend making and not enough deterrence.
  — Massimo Calabresi / Washington, TIME, 4 June 2024
• Think of his Afghanistan withdrawal, and his self-deterrence vis-à-vis Russia in Ukraine.
  — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 16 July 2022
• Above all else, America needs to reestablish the deterrence that has eroded for three years now.
  — The Editors, National Review, 13 Oct. 2023
• The war has imperilled a long-standing premise of deterrence—having a bomb to avoid being bombed.
  — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2022
• The United States and its allies are facing a crisis of deterrence.
  — Carter Malkasian, Foreign Affairs, 20 Sep. 2024
• Police are in the planning stages for focused deterrence.
  — Dallas News, 12 Jan. 2023
• But when push comes to shove and defensive deterrence is required.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 16 Nov. 2022
• Bad drivers must be ticketed and fined for there to be a deterrence to making poor choices on the state’s roadways.
  — Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2024
• Because for Israel, this is a war to restore deterrence.
  — Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 29 Oct 2024