often attributive
: a period during which a war is in progress
rationing during wartime
Examples of wartime in a Sentence
Many goods were rationed during wartime.
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Trump had hailed an immigration raid in Colorado Springs on Saturday and linked it to his administration's legal fight over its invocation of the 18th-century wartime law, the Alien Enemies Act, to speed up the deportation process.
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Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
However, these tools cannot replace on-the-ground monitoring, which often is restricted or dangerous during wartime.
—Pamela McElwee, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2025
Hollywood has a long history of portraying war onscreen, largely with cinematic embellishments and flourishes that can easily lead to a romanticization of wartime.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025
The deportations come after Trump invokes the Alien Enemies Act of 1789, which lets a president jail or expel those from an enemy nation in wartime.
—George Petras, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
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Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
However, these tools cannot replace on-the-ground monitoring, which often is restricted or dangerous during wartime.
—Pamela McElwee, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2025
Hollywood has a long history of portraying war onscreen, largely with cinematic embellishments and flourishes that can easily lead to a romanticization of wartime.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025
The deportations come after Trump invokes the Alien Enemies Act of 1789, which lets a president jail or expel those from an enemy nation in wartime.
—George Petras, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
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“Wartime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wartime. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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wartime
noun
war·time
ˈwȯ(ə)r-ˌtīm 
: a period when a war is going on
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