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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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Most of the apartment’s large prewar proportions remain the same, though the galley kitchen has been updated.
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Nick Caruso, TVLine, 21 Apr. 2025
By some estimates, three-quarters of Khartoum’s prewar population of eight million has fled.
—Declan Walsh, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2025
But these measures pale in comparison to prewar activism.
—Asad Ghanem, Foreign Affairs, 9 Apr. 2025
Architect Robert Garneau didn’t have to look far for inspiration when he was asked to renovate a modest apartment inside a prewar building in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood.
—Troy J. McMullen, Architectural Digest, 6 Mar. 2025
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Nick Caruso, TVLine, 21 Apr. 2025
By some estimates, three-quarters of Khartoum’s prewar population of eight million has fled.
—Declan Walsh, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2025
But these measures pale in comparison to prewar activism.
—Asad Ghanem, Foreign Affairs, 9 Apr. 2025
Architect Robert Garneau didn’t have to look far for inspiration when he was asked to renovate a modest apartment inside a prewar building in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood.
—Troy J. McMullen, Architectural Digest, 6 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for prewar
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“Prewar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prewar. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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