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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Back in Britain, Lady Anne was ready to do her part for the war effort.
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Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 17 Feb. 2026
Once released, the two men made animated films for the British war effort (so much for being enemies, or aliens), and then, in 1944, Hoellering took charge of the Academy, a cinema on London’s Oxford Street.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026
The scale of the war effort had necessitated the creation of a health infrastructure on American soil—spraying for mosquitoes near the front lines in the Pacific wouldn’t mean anything if soldiers caught malaria at home before deployment.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
Ukraine and the European Union have accused Beijing of providing direct military aid to Russia's war effort.
—Reuters, NBC news, 4 Feb. 2026
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Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 17 Feb. 2026
Once released, the two men made animated films for the British war effort (so much for being enemies, or aliens), and then, in 1944, Hoellering took charge of the Academy, a cinema on London’s Oxford Street.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026
The scale of the war effort had necessitated the creation of a health infrastructure on American soil—spraying for mosquitoes near the front lines in the Pacific wouldn’t mean anything if soldiers caught malaria at home before deployment.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
Ukraine and the European Union have accused Beijing of providing direct military aid to Russia's war effort.
—Reuters, NBC news, 4 Feb. 2026
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“War effort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war%20effort. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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