How to Use peace dividend in a Sentence
peace dividend
noun
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The economy enjoyed an era of growth, helped by the peace dividend.
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Stephen Fidler,
WSJ,
8 Sep. 2022
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There have been times over my career when, for instance, during the peace dividend time, when a Cessna light aircraft crashed on the lawn of the White House.
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CBS News,
1 Jan. 2020
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Too young to remember when defense spending dropped, the budget balanced and politicians bickered over a peace dividend.
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George Stanley,
jsonline.com,
30 Aug. 2021
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And a continuation of decades of the post-Cold War peace dividend may be equally improbable.
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Howard Gleckman,
Forbes,
26 May 2022
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Veterans were attending college on the GI Bill and many citizens felt entitled to a peace dividend.
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John Avlon,
CNN,
7 June 2022
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Aside from power returning, the peace dividends from dismantling the Sweeney Fortified Compound are many.
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Dan Sweeney,
Sun-Sentinel.com,
14 Sep. 2017
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The post-Cold War peace dividend brought congressional budget caps in the late 1990s that had the armed services yearning to jettison aging or underutilized bases.
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Sig Christenson,
San Antonio Express-News,
3 May 2018
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European leaders cashed in their peace dividend on health care systems and neglected their militaries.
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Stephen Collinson,
CNN,
24 Mar. 2022
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Shea is genuinely pleased by how far crime has fallen, and optimistic that CompStat can take advantage of the peace dividend to improve community relations.
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Chris Smith,
Daily Intelligencer,
2 Mar. 2018
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It is meant to offer the Palestinians a peace dividend, an incentive to accept his (perhaps) forthcoming political vision.
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The Economist,
27 June 2019
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