world war

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Recent Examples of world war Orwell narrowed it down to the Edwardian era — 1901 to 1919 — long before the irruptions of two world wars and the Great Depression. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025 Cortes: America quite literally saved the world three times in the 20th century: in two world wars, and then in the Cold War. Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 July 2025 After two world wars and years of housing business tenants, the site transitioned to a Marion County Jail in the mid-1990s. Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 2 July 2025 Iran doves within the administration and their allies are making the same disingenuous arguments that John Kerry and the gang made during the Obama administration — that the only alternative to a deal is a world war. The Editors, National Review, 29 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for world war
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Noun
  • This ‘investment’ is all about the U.S. vs. China cold war, a theme driving the markets and pretty much everything else until further notice.
    Clem Chambers, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • At the center of the tech cold war are mirrored titans: Nvidia, the crown jewel of the U.S. AI economy, and Huawei, the symbol of China’s digital ambitions.
    Quartz Staff, Quartz, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • The two powers did find a new alignment in the Middle East when civil war broke out in Syria in 2011, with Tehran and Moscow aiding longtime Syrian President Bashar al-Assad against rebels and jihadis.
    Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 July 2025
  • The civil war in Syria intensified in 2014 as the PKK was withdrawing its fighters from Turkey.
    Ragip Soylu, Time, 18 July 2025
Noun
  • Many Russians will come to believe that Russia is fighting a holy war against the West and NATO, and that Western sanctions are designed to make ordinary Russians suffer.
    Maxim Mironov, Foreign Affairs, 11 Mar. 2022
  • In 1992, the government pressured Muslim clerics to declare a holy war against Nuba who opposed the regime.
    Nicolas Niarchos, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • In contrast, China has made targeted investments intended to give it an advantage in a quick, limited war, while keeping its overall defense spending relatively modest: Beijing’s defense spending has risen from five percent of U.S. levels in 1995 to 32 percent in 2017.
    Oriana Skylar Mastro, Foreign Affairs, 20 May 2025
  • And as always, there’s no guarantee that a limited war would stay limited.
    Joshua Keating, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018

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“World war.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/world%20war. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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