the home front
noun
: the people who stay in a country and work while that country's soldiers are fighting in a war in a foreign country
During the war we had to keep up morale on the home front.
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Tension on the home front could disturb the peace while the moon aggravates Pluto.
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USA TODAY, 30 June 2024
For two years, the U.S. military had allowed millions of pieces of mail from the home front to pile up in dank warehouses.
—Emily Langer, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
Lippmann produced anti-German fliers for the Army’s Military Intelligence Branch overseas, while Bernays developed influence campaigns on the home front for the CPI.
—Annalee Newitz, Scientific American, 24 June 2024
Putin and those immediately around him directly work to mobilize Russians on the home front and manipulate public views of the invasion abroad.
—Fiona Hill, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2023
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USA TODAY, 30 June 2024
For two years, the U.S. military had allowed millions of pieces of mail from the home front to pile up in dank warehouses.
—Emily Langer, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
Lippmann produced anti-German fliers for the Army’s Military Intelligence Branch overseas, while Bernays developed influence campaigns on the home front for the CPI.
—Annalee Newitz, Scientific American, 24 June 2024
Putin and those immediately around him directly work to mobilize Russians on the home front and manipulate public views of the invasion abroad.
—Fiona Hill, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2023
See all Example Sentences for the home front
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