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as in peaceful
inclined to live in peace and to avoid war
a peaceable nation that has never had any interest in conquest
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as in nonviolent
not involving violence or force
trying to find a peaceable resolution
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Recent Examples of peaceable
Liberal states are being cooperative and peaceable toward fellow members of the club, working through institutions such as NATO and the Quad.
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Michael Doyle, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
Why then is there such a tendency towards imposing political and religious beliefs that infringe on peaceable individuals?
—Ed Wallace, New York Daily News, 6 June 2024
Yale provides detailed guidance on free expression, peaceable assembly, and requesting the use of on-campus outdoor spaces.
—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2024
The doctrine, which had its origins in the early Cold War and was based on the idea that its adherents could steer a course between the two superpowers and establish a more just and peaceable world order, had an almost talismanic quality for India’s foreign policy establishment.
—Sumit Ganguly, Foreign Affairs, 19 Sep. 2016
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Michael Doyle, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
Why then is there such a tendency towards imposing political and religious beliefs that infringe on peaceable individuals?
—Ed Wallace, New York Daily News, 6 June 2024
Yale provides detailed guidance on free expression, peaceable assembly, and requesting the use of on-campus outdoor spaces.
—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2024
The doctrine, which had its origins in the early Cold War and was based on the idea that its adherents could steer a course between the two superpowers and establish a more just and peaceable world order, had an almost talismanic quality for India’s foreign policy establishment.
—Sumit Ganguly, Foreign Affairs, 19 Sep. 2016
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The United Nations as Leviathan: Global Governance in the Post-American World Rich argues that the United Nations is the only body capable of generating a peaceful and cooperative order in the emerging post-American world.Kal Raustiala, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
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The peaceful gathering quickly escalated into violent clashes as protesters and officers engaged in running altercations through the city's streets.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Democrats in Congress want Biden to issue clemency to death row inmates and nonviolent offenders.Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 5 Dec. 2024
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Congressional Democrats are urging the president to grant clemency to nonviolent offenders and inmates who are on death row.Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Dec. 2024
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Choose between two rich colors: pacific blue or yarrow gold.Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 10 Sep. 2024
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Because roughly half the population there are Seventh-Day Adventists, and their interpretation of the Bible in regards to eating animals is a pacific one.Danny Palumbo / The Takeout, Quartz, 24 Mar. 2024
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Munitions manufacturers plot to oust the pacifist king of Moronika and install a dictator.Donald Liebenson, Vulture, 14 June 2024
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Such worms took on the characterization of a prankster, like the WANK (Worms Against Nuclear Killers), which plagued NASA computers with pacifist messages in 1989 and deceived users into believing their files were being deleted.The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Peaceable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peaceable. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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