war effort
noun
: all that is being done to win a war
He wanted to contribute in some way to the war effort.
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Zelenskyy said on Monday that Kyiv intends to expand such attacks, which Ukrainian officials and commanders have framed as a means to undermine Moscow's war effort and force the Kremlin into genuine negotiations.
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David Brennan, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2025
For these reasons, Beijing is keen to keep focus on its preferred narrative, highlighting communist contributions to the war effort.
—Meredith Oyen, The Conversation, 2 Sep. 2025
The climate for filmmakers looking to interrogate the Russian war effort remains hostile.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
Kyiv has homed in on Russia's oil industry, seeking to slice at the Kremlin's ability to fund its war effort and hammer home the reverberations of the conflict for ordinary Russians.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
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David Brennan, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2025
For these reasons, Beijing is keen to keep focus on its preferred narrative, highlighting communist contributions to the war effort.
—Meredith Oyen, The Conversation, 2 Sep. 2025
The climate for filmmakers looking to interrogate the Russian war effort remains hostile.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
Kyiv has homed in on Russia's oil industry, seeking to slice at the Kremlin's ability to fund its war effort and hammer home the reverberations of the conflict for ordinary Russians.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
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“War effort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war%20effort. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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