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armistice

[ahr-muh-stis] / ˈɑr mə stɪs /
NOUN
peace-establishing agreement
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He’s been little more than an emcee for negotiations, but wants us to think he invented armistice.

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2026

Other men who served in the Sudan included John French, the first commander of the British Expeditionary Force in France, and Douglas Haig, who succeeded him from December 1915 until the armistice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

Seoul and Pyongyang technically remain at war as the 1950-53 Korean War ended in armistice, not a peace treaty.

From Barron's • Nov. 4, 2025

Biden hammered out the first deal toward an armistice on Nov. 23 of that year, just a month and a half after the war began.

From Slate • Oct. 16, 2025

He was training cadets at a camp in North Wales when the armistice was announced.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman