as in armistice
a temporary stopping of fighting
both sides agreed to a 24-hour truce beginning at midnight on Christmas Eve
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Recent Examples of truce
Israeli and Lebanese diplomats are expected to meet in Washington for a second round of talks aimed at extending a truce and paving the way for future talks.
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 23 Apr. 2026
Each side has accused the other of breaching the 10-day truce.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
But the truce has not resolved the underlying conflict — only paused it.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Both Hezbollah and the IDF have accused each other of violating the fragile truce.
—Frank Andrews, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 23 Apr. 2026
Each side has accused the other of breaching the 10-day truce.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
But the truce has not resolved the underlying conflict — only paused it.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Both Hezbollah and the IDF have accused each other of violating the fragile truce.
—Frank Andrews, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for truce
Noun
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Though not a mutual agreement on statehood, the armistice was nonetheless a recognition of land borders.—
Mireille Rebeiz,
The Conversation,
8 Apr. 2026
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The South, which remains technically at war — the 1950-1953 Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty — with the North, isn’t standing by.—
Karishma Vaswani,
Twin Cities,
15 Mar. 2026
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The truce, poised to coincide with Russia’s Victory Day holiday on May 9, would come several weeks after Kyiv and Moscow negotiated a ceasefire around Orthodox Easter, though each side accused the other of violations.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a May 9 ceasefire to coincide with Victory Day in Russia in a phone call with Trump the previous day, according to the Kremlin.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Truce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truce. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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