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The size of the army was reduced during peacetime.
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And by the way, this rosy scenario assumes your adversaries don’t interfere with all your satellites passing over their territory in peacetime.
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Lee Billings, Scientific American, 21 May 2025
In peacetime, government protects property rights by protecting free trade.
—Ben Bayer, Oc Register, 19 May 2025
Not only are bike troops totally exposed to Ukrainian drones, artillery and mines—they may also be tempted to try feats of motorcycle aerobatics that would be difficult in peacetime, and are nearly impossible on the battlefield.
—David Axe, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
The pattern that defined this period—an uptick in spying during war, and then its ebbing in peacetime—poses a problem for Rogg and Lowenthal, whose accounts of the years between the Revolution and World War II are overstuffed with desultory detail.
—James Santel, The Atlantic, 8 May 2025
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Lee Billings, Scientific American, 21 May 2025
In peacetime, government protects property rights by protecting free trade.
—Ben Bayer, Oc Register, 19 May 2025
Not only are bike troops totally exposed to Ukrainian drones, artillery and mines—they may also be tempted to try feats of motorcycle aerobatics that would be difficult in peacetime, and are nearly impossible on the battlefield.
—David Axe, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
The pattern that defined this period—an uptick in spying during war, and then its ebbing in peacetime—poses a problem for Rogg and Lowenthal, whose accounts of the years between the Revolution and World War II are overstuffed with desultory detail.
—James Santel, The Atlantic, 8 May 2025
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“Peacetime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peacetime. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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peacetime
noun
peace·time
ˈpē-ˌstīm 
: a time when a nation is not at war
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