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It was deployed during the War of 1812 and both world wars.
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Niall Stanage, The Hill, 17 Mar. 2025
That term was popularized between the two world wars and served as the name of the powerful populist movement to preserve U.S. isolationism and promote our diplomatic distance from the rest of the world.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025
This principle has remained intact through two world wars, civil rights struggles, and modern immigration waves.
—Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
In retrospect, this may be one of the most significant insights of his pontificate—the frank recognition that the number and gravity of violent conflicts constitute a world war that has largely gone unrecognized.
—Paul Elie, New Yorker, 9 May 2025
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Niall Stanage, The Hill, 17 Mar. 2025
That term was popularized between the two world wars and served as the name of the powerful populist movement to preserve U.S. isolationism and promote our diplomatic distance from the rest of the world.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025
This principle has remained intact through two world wars, civil rights struggles, and modern immigration waves.
—Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
In retrospect, this may be one of the most significant insights of his pontificate—the frank recognition that the number and gravity of violent conflicts constitute a world war that has largely gone unrecognized.
—Paul Elie, New Yorker, 9 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for world war
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In addition, there are at least two notable cold wars, between the U.S. and China, and between the U.S. and Iran.—
John Dorfman,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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Orson Welles’s 1955 cold war thriller Mr. Arkadin is the key to Wes Anderson’s psychological puzzle The Phoenician Scheme.—
Armond White,
National Review,
30 May 2025
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The group formed in the '80s during Lebanon's civil war to fight against two Israeli invasions of Lebanese territory, according to the Council on Foreign Relations.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
24 June 2025
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South Sudan endured a bloody years-long civil war shortly after gaining independence in 2011, and the United Nations warns violence has escalated in recent months.—
June 23,
CBS News,
23 June 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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 4 Jul. 2025.
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