peacetime

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Recent Examples of peacetime This landmark legislation marked the first peacetime conscription in U.S. history, requiring American men between the ages of 21 and 35 to register for the draft. The Arizona Republic, 16 Sep. 2024 These achievements offer some advantages to the United States: prestige in the peacetime competition for influence, improved military access and basing in the region, and a minor augmentation to the United States’ capabilities in the event of a conflict with China. Susannah Patton, Foreign Affairs, 13 Sep. 2024 Once the fifth-largest economy in Latin America, Venezuela has experienced the worst economic collapse of a peacetime country in recent history. Jessie Yeung, CNN, 30 July 2024 Shriver and local Jeffersonians cheered with the first peacetime transfer of power from one political party to another, when Jefferson won the presidential election of 1800. Samuel M. Riley, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2024 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 21 Nov. 2024.

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