home front

noun

: the sphere of civilian activity in war

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Richmond’s collection of WWII infrastructure is unique and is the reason the city was selected as the host of a national home front park, said Elaine Jackson Rando, acting superintendent of the Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park. Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 1 May 2026 War correspondents provide accurate, reliable, and firsthand reports of armed conflicts, military operations and strategies, and the war’s impact on civilian home fronts. Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Apr. 2026 The broader picture augurs well for the Israeli home front. Michael M. Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026 And virtually all women east of the Appalachians experienced the violence, sickness, and scarcity of a civil war in which front lines and home fronts were never far apart. Jane Kamensky, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for home front

Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of home front was in 1917

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“Home front.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20front. Accessed 12 May. 2026.

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