How to Use deconfliction in a Sentence
deconfliction
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In the meantime, the great powers continue to test their deconfliction phone line, with about a dozen calls since the war began.
— Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Mar. 2022 -
In the meantime, the goal was stability—avoiding anything that could disturb the process of deconfliction as the parties learned patience and trust.
— Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2021 -
And the deconfliction process does matter, because there is already communication between aid workers and the IDF.
— CBS News, 7 Apr. 2024 -
The two sides established special communications channels to avoid clashing with each other on the ground, a process the Pentagon calls deconfliction.
— Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2020 -
The deconfliction process is a normal procedure but generally done with more notice.
— Barbara Starr, CNN, 15 Feb. 2022 -
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to provide details, said the lack of deconfliction was more the result of operational security and not a reaction to Russia's war on Ukraine.
— Lolita C. Baldor, ajc, 6 Oct. 2022 -
There is no deconfliction line - nor, according to U.S. officials, does Moscow seem interested in one.
— Karoun Demirjian, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Mar. 2022 -
These days, armored fighting vehicles with American flags waving drive along the highways, trying to keep out of the way of Russian forces with the help of deconfliction measures that entail providing advance notice of each other’s movements.
— New York Times, 7 Feb. 2022 -
Israel’s ambassador was summoned to the Foreign Ministry in Moscow, but the deconfliction mechanism remains intact.
— Lahav Harkov, National Review, 15 Mar. 2022 -
Three months later, the Israeli military has provided no explanation for its targeting of the house, coordinates of which had been shared with Israeli authorities through the U.N.’s deconfliction process.
— Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 3 Apr. 2024 -
Over the last several years, the US and have used a deconfliction line between the two militaries in Syria to avoid unintentional mistakes or encounters that can inadvertently lead to escalation.
— Oren Liebermann, CNN, 29 Apr. 2023 -
Another weakness of the system is the frequent electricity and internet blackouts in Gaza, which prevents aid workers from being able to transmit their coordinates or locate deconfliction areas.
— John Hudson, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2023 -
Aid organizations widely describe the deconfliction process — securing assurances from Israeli forces that convoys will not be attacked — as broken.
— Claire Parker, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2024 -
Since the start of Russia's invasion, the US military has established a deconfliction line with Russia to reduce the risk of miscalculation and make sure the two militaries operating so close together don't inadvertently clash.
— Natasha Bertrand, CNN, 17 Mar. 2022 -
To work in a war zone, aid agencies rely on a process called deconfliction, which allows the military to take measures to prevent unintentional attacks against aid workers, who are protected by international humanitarian law.
— Gabe Joselow, NBC News, 6 Apr. 2024 -
Israel has a deconfliction line of communication with Russia to prevent the possibility of unintended clashes over Syrian skies.
— Dov Lieber, WSJ, 28 Mar. 2022 -
For years, both militaries have regularly used a deconfliction safety line to provide advance notifications of where their aircraft would be operating over Syria to prevent any unsafe interactions.
— Luis Martinez, ABC News, 9 July 2023 -
Alliance soldiers arriving at the easternmost border of NATO territory are being given access to deconfliction channels and technology designed to keep them from getting into accidental dust-ups.
— Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Mar. 2022 -
The arrangement involves a deconfliction mechanism that prevents accidental conflict between Russian and Israeli forces through a real-time communication channel.
— Aaron David Miller, CNN, 5 Mar. 2022 -
What’s clearly needed is a next-generation system that combines the best elements of deconfliction technology with the tried and tested strategic deconfliction system developed for current generation operations.
— Harrison Wolf, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2022 -
Leading drone operators today already leverage internal fleet deconfliction technologies that rely on V2V communication.
— Harrison Wolf, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2022
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