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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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Since 2020, the number of Syrians returning annually typically remained below 51,000—less than one percent of the world’s 6.8 million Syrian refugees, which encompasses more than a quarter of Syria’s prewar population.
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Jesse Marks, Foreign Affairs, 11 Feb. 2025
The Leland also earned its rightful place in history when, in 1937-38, the Sky Club was used by RCA Victor as a recording studio for its Bluebird label, turning out some of the most influential blues music in the prewar Chicago area.
—Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
Even Sherman’s march freed only a few per cent of the prewar slave population of Georgia and South Carolina, and across the entire Confederacy perhaps fifteen per cent of all slaves had been freed by the end of the war.
—Scott Spillman, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
The brilliant color of prewar life has faded into a monotone cement gray that dominates the territory.
—Abdel Kareem Hana and Tia Goldenberg, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
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Jesse Marks, Foreign Affairs, 11 Feb. 2025
The Leland also earned its rightful place in history when, in 1937-38, the Sky Club was used by RCA Victor as a recording studio for its Bluebird label, turning out some of the most influential blues music in the prewar Chicago area.
—Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
Even Sherman’s march freed only a few per cent of the prewar slave population of Georgia and South Carolina, and across the entire Confederacy perhaps fifteen per cent of all slaves had been freed by the end of the war.
—Scott Spillman, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
The brilliant color of prewar life has faded into a monotone cement gray that dominates the territory.
—Abdel Kareem Hana and Tia Goldenberg, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Prewar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prewar. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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