variants
or pre-war
: occurring or existing before a war and especially before World War II
prewar conditions
the prewar era/period/years
the country's prewar population
prewar levels of industrial production
an apartment in a prewar building
Examples of prewar in a Sentence
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The demands, according to diplomats familiar with the talks, include a complete Israeli troop withdrawal, the return of displaced Gazans to their homes in the north and the restoration of food deliveries to prewar levels of about 500 trucks a day.
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Claire Parker, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
Having lost about two-thirds of its prewar GDP, the country would be almost entirely dependent on Russia for its economic survival.
—Branislav L. Slantchev, Foreign Affairs, 1 Apr. 2024
The prewar daily average weight of goods on working days was about 7,500 tons.
—Manuel Canales, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
Before World War I, the average annual number of people coming into the U.S. was one million, so that’s 15 percent of the prewar average.
—Theodore S. Gonzalves, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Feb. 2024
The prewar average was 2,000 cases per week, according to UNICEF.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2024
When Hisako Hibi was eventually able to get back to San Francisco in 1954, she and her husband’s prewar art could not be found.
—Alicia Ault, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Mar. 2024
Before the Griffiths’s memoir surfaced, there had long been an unsettled question about Robert Oppenheimer’s prewar political views.
—TIME, 8 Mar. 2024
Although the initial spike in energy prices after the 2022 invasion has abated, costs are not expected to return to prewar levels any time soon.
—Sudha David-Wilp, Foreign Affairs, 4 Mar. 2024
Claire Parker, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
Having lost about two-thirds of its prewar GDP, the country would be almost entirely dependent on Russia for its economic survival.
—Branislav L. Slantchev, Foreign Affairs, 1 Apr. 2024
The prewar daily average weight of goods on working days was about 7,500 tons.
—Manuel Canales, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
Before World War I, the average annual number of people coming into the U.S. was one million, so that’s 15 percent of the prewar average.
—Theodore S. Gonzalves, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Feb. 2024
The prewar average was 2,000 cases per week, according to UNICEF.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2024
When Hisako Hibi was eventually able to get back to San Francisco in 1954, she and her husband’s prewar art could not be found.
—Alicia Ault, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Mar. 2024
Before the Griffiths’s memoir surfaced, there had long been an unsettled question about Robert Oppenheimer’s prewar political views.
—TIME, 8 Mar. 2024
Although the initial spike in energy prices after the 2022 invasion has abated, costs are not expected to return to prewar levels any time soon.
—Sudha David-Wilp, Foreign Affairs, 4 Mar. 2024
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“Prewar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prewar. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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