How to Use deterrence in a Sentence

deterrence

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  • The author argues that deterrence is no longer the best way to prevent war.
  • Within ten days in September, the Jewish state had reclaimed its most important strategic asset: deterrence.
    — Ari Shavit, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2024
  • But as the war continued, Biden's deterrence of Iran and its proxies — and his influence over Israel's decisions — waned.
    — Barak Ravid, Axios, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Not that the commission has done much on the deterrence front.
    — Jon Healey, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The move has aroused fears of a U.S. war with Russia, but the goal here is deterrence to prevent a war.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Then the city hired him to help with focused deterrence.
    — Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 May 2024
  • And the way to reestablish deterrence is to ignore the arms of the octopus and go straight for its head.
    — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Israeli prison should be a form of deterrence, and not a reward.
    — Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 20 Feb. 2023
  • And, of course, defense is a backstop against the failure of deterrence.
    — The Editors, National Review, 10 Oct. 2022
  • This is all meant to project resolve, deterrence and to show that Putin's attempt to get the US out of Europe will fail.
    — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Both deterrence and arms control are stronger when they are linked.
    — Michael Krepon, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021
  • That’s why deterrence, in my view, works more often than not.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 19 May 2024
  • So maybe that will be a form of deterrence that's largely been lost since this war began.
    — CBS News, 18 May 2022
  • He was blocked once, a deterrence that wasn’t enough to keep him from scoring on three other drives.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2022
  • Now the next step for Tyler is to adjust to these latest attempts at deterrence.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2023
  • And then two, to be able to defeat those adversaries in war should that deterrence fail.
    — CBS News, 15 Sep. 2022
  • But none of these threats have caused the U.S. to change its own nuclear posture of strategic deterrence.
    — ABC News, 9 Oct. 2022
  • Critics say the problem is too much friend making and not enough deterrence.
    — Massimo Calabresi / Washington, TIME, 4 June 2024
  • Their mission will be to train and provide deterrence but not to engage in combat in Ukraine.
    — Fox News, 12 Feb. 2022
  • That was something that worked itself out through a pattern of deterrence and crisis and hard work.
    — CBS News, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Think of his Afghanistan withdrawal, and his self-deterrence vis-à-vis Russia in Ukraine.
    — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 16 July 2022
  • Above all else, America needs to reestablish the deterrence that has eroded for three years now.
    — The Editors, National Review, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The war has imperilled a long-standing premise of deterrence—having a bomb to avoid being bombed.
    — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2022
  • The United States and its allies are facing a crisis of deterrence.
    — Carter Malkasian, Foreign Affairs, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Police are in the planning stages for focused deterrence.
    — Dallas News, 12 Jan. 2023
  • But when push comes to shove and defensive deterrence is required.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Bad drivers must be ticketed and fined for there to be a deterrence to making poor choices on the state’s roadways.
    — Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2024
  • Because for Israel, this is a war to restore deterrence.
    — Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Israeli analysts say a restoration of deterrence is one aim of this war.
    — Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The drills were meant to check and improve the country's war deterrence while also standing as a warning sign for enemies.
    — Haley Chi-Sing, Fox News, 10 Oct. 2022

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