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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
If anything, the scale of the Second World War and the advent of the atom bomb made the quest for a peaceable international order more urgent than ever.
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Margaret MacMillan, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2025
Protesters were given cards with QR codes that linked to Yale University’s policies for peaceable assembly, such as keeping everyone physically safe, not blocking entrances and exits and no disruptions to the university’s operations.
—Brynn Gingras, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2025
But the recent vitriol online may threaten the peaceable mood of the campus, particularly when Steve Glinick moves from Rhode Island to his summer home at Chautauqua, where his daughter, Emily Glinick, lives year-round.
—Christopher Maag, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
The founders plainly understood that the nation could not flourish, or even survive, without giving due respect to the laws that governed peaceable relations among sovereign states.
—Harold Hongju Koh, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
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Margaret MacMillan, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2025
Protesters were given cards with QR codes that linked to Yale University’s policies for peaceable assembly, such as keeping everyone physically safe, not blocking entrances and exits and no disruptions to the university’s operations.
—Brynn Gingras, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2025
But the recent vitriol online may threaten the peaceable mood of the campus, particularly when Steve Glinick moves from Rhode Island to his summer home at Chautauqua, where his daughter, Emily Glinick, lives year-round.
—Christopher Maag, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
The founders plainly understood that the nation could not flourish, or even survive, without giving due respect to the laws that governed peaceable relations among sovereign states.
—Harold Hongju Koh, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peaceable
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What began as a peaceful protest escalated after the government deployed a heavy security presence in the protest area.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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Where to stay A 20-minute walk from Tiananmen Square and the entrance to the Forbidden City is the PuXuan Hotel and Spa, an oasis of 116 peaceful rooms.—
Mae Hamilton,
AFAR Media,
9 Sep. 2025
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All No Kings events follow a commitment to nonviolent action, according to the organizer’s website.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Sep. 2025
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State Republicans led passage of the First Step Act, billing the legislation that created shorter sentences for nonviolent offenders as an effort to end overincarceration.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Sep. 2025
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Courtesy: Apple Apple on Tuesday sent invites to the media and analysts for a launch event at its campus on September 9 at 10 A.M pacific time.—
Kif Leswing,
CNBC,
26 Aug. 2025
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My late grandfather, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, served in the pacific campaign.—
Simon Perry,
People.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Known for conservative positions such as revising the pacifist constitution, Takaichi is a regular visitor to the Yasukuni shrine to honour Japan's war dead, viewed by Beijing and others as a symbol of past militarism.—
Kaori Kaneko,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
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The Brotherhood bears some resemblance to the Bruderhof, a tiny Christian pacifist sect founded in Germany in the nineteen-twenties that left its country of origin and spread around the globe in response to Nazi Fascism.—
Hannah Gold,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Peaceable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peaceable. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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