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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Called the Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025, the bill is designed to push countries that support Russia’s war effort in Ukraine, said the bill’s author Senator Lindsey Graham of North Carolina in an Op-Ed published on the Fox News website.
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Brian Bennett, Time, 8 July 2025
Indeed, what most consistently hindered Ukraine’s war effort was not Kyiv’s lack of manpower or weak resolve compared with Putin, but rather an insufficient supply of advanced military capabilities.
—Michael Carpenter, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2025
For years, Starlink has offered Ukraine’s military its satellite internet services to assist with the war effort amid Russia’s ongoing invasion.
—Jenni Reid, CNBC, 20 June 2025
In terms of the top goal of the war effort, Israelis have done significant damage to Natanz, Iran’s main nuclear facility, as well as damaging several other nuclear sites and laboratories and killing many of its top nuclear scientists.
—The Editors, National Review, 18 June 2025
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Brian Bennett, Time, 8 July 2025
Indeed, what most consistently hindered Ukraine’s war effort was not Kyiv’s lack of manpower or weak resolve compared with Putin, but rather an insufficient supply of advanced military capabilities.
—Michael Carpenter, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2025
For years, Starlink has offered Ukraine’s military its satellite internet services to assist with the war effort amid Russia’s ongoing invasion.
—Jenni Reid, CNBC, 20 June 2025
In terms of the top goal of the war effort, Israelis have done significant damage to Natanz, Iran’s main nuclear facility, as well as damaging several other nuclear sites and laboratories and killing many of its top nuclear scientists.
—The Editors, National Review, 18 June 2025
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“War effort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war%20effort. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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