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The size of the army was reduced during peacetime.
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The penalties failed to oust Maduro — and are now often blamed for exacerbating one of the worst peacetime economic collapses in modern history.
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Federica Cocco, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
Ferrara bought a metric ton of tapeworm props, hired a scene-stealing Meg Tilly and showed us that, even in docile peacetime, demands of obedience and conformity can be seamlessly co-opted by evil forces, leaving us with zero options of how to live outside their control.
—Rory Doherty, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024
The Lebanese government, which even in peacetime can’t be relied on to provide basics, such as electricity and water, has been overwhelmed.
—Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
The United States has an anachronistic contracting and acquisitions system that is much better suited for the leisurely pace of peacetime than for the urgency of wartime.
—Seth G. Jones, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2024
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Federica Cocco, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
Ferrara bought a metric ton of tapeworm props, hired a scene-stealing Meg Tilly and showed us that, even in docile peacetime, demands of obedience and conformity can be seamlessly co-opted by evil forces, leaving us with zero options of how to live outside their control.
—Rory Doherty, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024
The Lebanese government, which even in peacetime can’t be relied on to provide basics, such as electricity and water, has been overwhelmed.
—Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
The United States has an anachronistic contracting and acquisitions system that is much better suited for the leisurely pace of peacetime than for the urgency of wartime.
—Seth G. Jones, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Peacetime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peacetime. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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peacetime
noun
peace·time
ˈpē-ˌstīm 
: a time when a nation is not at war
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