as in peace
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The naval architect William Francis Gibbs designed it to be a luxury ocean liner in peacetime that could switch to quickly transporting 14,000 troops if needed in wartime.
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Isabelle Taft, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
After spending the last few weeks of the war in Europe, meeting with his French and British counterparts, Yardley returned to the U.S., a nation then preparing for peacetime.
—Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Feb. 2025
But there aren’t enough helicopters available for initial pilot training, current and former Army aviators told Forbes, and active-duty and National Guard aircrews simply aren’t getting enough flying hours in peacetime.
—Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes, 4 Feb. 2025
In peacetime, more foreign currency was flowing into Russia through international funds; the central bank could also intervene in the financial market to flatten fluctuations in the value of the ruble.
—Alexandra Prokopenko, Foreign Affairs, 21 Jan. 2025
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Isabelle Taft, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
After spending the last few weeks of the war in Europe, meeting with his French and British counterparts, Yardley returned to the U.S., a nation then preparing for peacetime.
—Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Feb. 2025
But there aren’t enough helicopters available for initial pilot training, current and former Army aviators told Forbes, and active-duty and National Guard aircrews simply aren’t getting enough flying hours in peacetime.
—Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes, 4 Feb. 2025
In peacetime, more foreign currency was flowing into Russia through international funds; the central bank could also intervene in the financial market to flatten fluctuations in the value of the ruble.
—Alexandra Prokopenko, Foreign Affairs, 21 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for peacetime
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“Peacetime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peacetime. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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