as in peace
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The dictatorship’s list of crimes is much longer than that, encompassing peacetime abuses and stretching back 54 years, to when Assad’s father, Hafez, first assumed the throne.
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Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
To do this, governments must first ensure that key human decisions, such as those pertaining to proportionality and discrimination, are made not in wartime, when there will be no time to think, but in peacetime, when expert input, democratic debate, and high-level oversight are possible.
—Sebastian Elbaum, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2024
In the film, Varadarajan’s widow Indhu Rebecca Varghese (Sai Pallavi) narrates the story of the Indian army man while on her way to the Indian capital of New Delhi to receive India’s highest peacetime military award, Ashoka Chakra, on his behalf.
—Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Walz declared a peacetime emergency for Minnesota on Saturday, allowing the Minnesota National Guard to deploy to assist in the state's response to the weather.
—CBS News, 24 June 2024
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Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
To do this, governments must first ensure that key human decisions, such as those pertaining to proportionality and discrimination, are made not in wartime, when there will be no time to think, but in peacetime, when expert input, democratic debate, and high-level oversight are possible.
—Sebastian Elbaum, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2024
In the film, Varadarajan’s widow Indhu Rebecca Varghese (Sai Pallavi) narrates the story of the Indian army man while on her way to the Indian capital of New Delhi to receive India’s highest peacetime military award, Ashoka Chakra, on his behalf.
—Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Walz declared a peacetime emergency for Minnesota on Saturday, allowing the Minnesota National Guard to deploy to assist in the state's response to the weather.
—CBS News, 24 June 2024
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“Peacetime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peacetime. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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