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or pre-war
: occurring or existing before a war and especially before World War II
prewar conditions
the prewar era/period/years
the country's prewar population
prewar levels of industrial production
an apartment in a prewar building
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But many have since returned, and the city’s population now hovers at more than 1 million people out of the prewar population of approximately 1.4 million, Terekhov said.
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Richard Engel, NBC News, 20 June 2024
The prewar population of 11,000 now stands at 6,500.
—Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 June 2024
The fighting has displaced more than twelve million Syrians (out of a prewar population of roughly twenty-one million).
—John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
With a prewar population of about 280,000 residents, Rafah is now housing nearly 1.5 million refugees, according to the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (and confirmed by satellite images).
—Vox Staff, Vox, 9 May 2024
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Richard Engel, NBC News, 20 June 2024
The prewar population of 11,000 now stands at 6,500.
—Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 June 2024
The fighting has displaced more than twelve million Syrians (out of a prewar population of roughly twenty-one million).
—John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
With a prewar population of about 280,000 residents, Rafah is now housing nearly 1.5 million refugees, according to the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (and confirmed by satellite images).
—Vox Staff, Vox, 9 May 2024
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“Prewar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prewar. Accessed 29 Jun. 2024.
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