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as in peaceful
inclined to live in peace and to avoid war
a peaceable nation that has never had any interest in conquest
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as in nonviolent
not involving violence or force
trying to find a peaceable resolution
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Recent Examples of peaceable
Military comedies have a long and relatively peaceable history on screens small and large — Fred Astaire, Bob Hope, Abbott and Costello, Martin and Lewis and Bill Murray all made them.
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Robert Lloyd, Boston Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
Trump’s animosity toward the First Amendment also extended to its guarantee of peaceable assembly.
—Scott Nover, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
For decades in the United States, scientists and government officials have coexisted in a mostly peaceable and productive symbiosis.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2025
That's because the First Amendment rights of freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and peaceable assembly are fundamental protections of our ability to criticize public officials.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
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Robert Lloyd, Boston Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
Trump’s animosity toward the First Amendment also extended to its guarantee of peaceable assembly.
—Scott Nover, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
For decades in the United States, scientists and government officials have coexisted in a mostly peaceable and productive symbiosis.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2025
That's because the First Amendment rights of freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and peaceable assembly are fundamental protections of our ability to criticize public officials.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peaceable
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Advertisement Advertisement The principles of a free, open, and peaceful space are enshrined in the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, which all major space powers have ratified, including the U.S., Russia, and China.—
Andrew Hanna,
Time,
13 Apr. 2025
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Most demonstrations at Tesla showrooms or charging stations have been peaceful, though some incidents have involved violence, shootings and setting cars on fire.—
Miranda Nazzaro,
The Hill,
13 Apr. 2025
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Chenoweth found that when at least 3.5 per cent of the population participated in nonviolent opposition, movements were largely successful.—
Julia Angwin,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2025
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Rustin was a trusted advisor and mentor to King, helping to refine King’s understanding of nonviolent direct action and introducing him to Gandhian philosophy.—
Sughnen Yongo,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Xi must know that old societies tend to be pacific and that China is getting old fast.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
23 Dec. 2024
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Their awards show is today, Saturday, at 12 noon pacific time.—
Charlie Fink,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, a visiting company of the pacifist fake Irish Travelers called the Tuatha’an have sought refuge in the village too, and Perrin’s counting on these non-fighters to run the town’s children to safety.—
Sean T. Collins,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2025
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On the other, Yehuda attempts to walk a fragile moral line as a knowing political pawn in a greater chess game — whose intended outcome is war — while attempting to retain his pacifist beliefs by holding bad apples to account, if not the greater structures at play.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Peaceable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peaceable. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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