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deterrence

[dih-tur-uhns, -tuhr-, -ter-] / dɪˈtɜr əns, -ˈtʌr-, -ˈtɛr- /


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Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs also announced that France had agreed to start talks with Latvia about joining a French nuclear deterrence initiative and strengthen its military presence in Latvia.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Applause for the absence of a crisis is how we sleep through the erosion of deterrence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

Abiy said the aim was not "not to fuel conflict, but to prevent it" through "deterrence".

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

“If Taiwan can convert the six-year annual-budget framework into timely, predictable, and sufficiently large procurement orders, the spending can strengthen both deterrence and the resilience and competitiveness of Taiwan’s domestic uncrewed-systems industrial base,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Thus, instead of victory in the traditional sense, America and Russia sought deterrence as their strategic goal.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau




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