truced; trucing
: to make a truce
: to end with a truce
Examples of truce in a Sentence
Noun
There's been an uneasy truce between her and her parents for the past several months.
both sides agreed to a 24-hour truce beginning at midnight on Christmas Eve
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Alina Selyukh, NPR, 30 May 2025
Israel has accepted a new ceasefire proposal with Hamas from US envoy Steve Witkoff, which includes the release of 10 living hostages and 18 deceased hostages, as well as a 60-day truce.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 30 May 2025
Witkoff said Israel had agreed to a temporary truce if Hamas would release dozens of hostages.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 27 May 2025
The president announced broad terms of a trade deal with with the United Kingdom earlier this month, followed by a tariff truce with China.
—Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 27 May 2025
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Noun
Then, when the 90-day truce dropped those tariffs to 30%, those same businesses raced to get their cargo out of warehouses and paid extra to ship additional goods.
—Alina Selyukh, NPR, 30 May 2025
Israel has accepted a new ceasefire proposal with Hamas from US envoy Steve Witkoff, which includes the release of 10 living hostages and 18 deceased hostages, as well as a 60-day truce.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 30 May 2025
Witkoff said Israel had agreed to a temporary truce if Hamas would release dozens of hostages.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 27 May 2025
The president announced broad terms of a trade deal with with the United Kingdom earlier this month, followed by a tariff truce with China.
—Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 27 May 2025
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“Truce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truce. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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