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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The tradition of Christmas radio began in the 1930s where households congregated in their living rooms to hear the New York Metropolitan Opera, and continued to grow as Christmas radio programming became a part of the war effort in the 1940s.
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Taylor Crumpton, Time, 19 Dec. 2025
European Union leaders will decide whether to use frozen Russian assets to lend billions of euros of cash to Ukraine to keep its war effort afloat at a summit on Thursday seen as a critical test of the group’s strength.
—Reuters, NBC news, 18 Dec. 2025
One of the solutions Butler proposes is to pay everyone involved in the war effort the same amount of money that a soldier makes, so there’s no profiteering.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2025
Back home, Estelle was contributing to the war effort in her own groundbreaking way.
—Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 15 Dec. 2025
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Taylor Crumpton, Time, 19 Dec. 2025
European Union leaders will decide whether to use frozen Russian assets to lend billions of euros of cash to Ukraine to keep its war effort afloat at a summit on Thursday seen as a critical test of the group’s strength.
—Reuters, NBC news, 18 Dec. 2025
One of the solutions Butler proposes is to pay everyone involved in the war effort the same amount of money that a soldier makes, so there’s no profiteering.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2025
Back home, Estelle was contributing to the war effort in her own groundbreaking way.
—Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 15 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for war effort
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“War effort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war%20effort. Accessed 26 Dec. 2025.
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