peacetime history
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpeacetimeandhistory
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peacetime
noun[U]
uk/ˈpiːs.taɪm/us/ˈpiːs.taɪm/
a period of time when a country is not ...
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history
noun
uk/ˈhɪs.tər.i/us/ˈhɪs.t̬ɚ.i/
(the study of or a record of) past events considered together, especially events of a particular period, country, ...
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(Definition ofpeacetimeandhistoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofpeacetime history
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The result is the greatest redistribution of financial assets inpeacetimehistory.
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This is a government who have spent more on publications and propaganda than any other inpeacetimehistory.
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We know that he is the man who announced the biggest tax increase inpeacetimehistory, just before the general election.
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Indeed, this is the biggest training programme inpeacetimehistory.
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I cannot recall a period in thepeacetimehistoryof tins country when the movement of people was so restricted.
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Prices have risen and the rate of inflation has been faster than that ever known before in ourpeacetimehistory.
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The pound is in greater danger than it has ever been in ourpeacetimehistory.
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I strongly believe that we are discussing one of the most important decisions that this country has had to make in its modernpeacetimehistory.
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Those have already pushed us into deficit both on visible and invisible account for the first time in ourpeacetimehistory.
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They have persisted in a policy of wholly unrealistic revenue support levels against all advice from every quarter, in the midst of the worst economic crisis in ourpeacetimehistory.
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Garrison's plan unleashed the fiercest battle inpeacetimehistoryover the relationship of military planning to national goals.
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