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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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Through the park fence, across Essex Street, and up on the sixth floor of a prewar building hung their small, dim apartment.
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Literary Hub, 30 June 2025
Kindly caretakers of youths in prewar times (Judge Hardy in the Hardy films helps his aw-shucks son navigate chaste first kisses, etc.) retreat from view.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 6 June 2025
Sumy, the city that is the capital of the Ukrainian region of the same name, had a prewar population of around 250,000.
—Illia Novikov, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
Dnipro is Ukraine's fourth-largest city behind Kyiv, Kharkiv and Odesa, with a prewar population of about 1 million people.
—Arkansas Online, 9 June 2025
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Literary Hub, 30 June 2025
Kindly caretakers of youths in prewar times (Judge Hardy in the Hardy films helps his aw-shucks son navigate chaste first kisses, etc.) retreat from view.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 6 June 2025
Sumy, the city that is the capital of the Ukrainian region of the same name, had a prewar population of around 250,000.
—Illia Novikov, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
Dnipro is Ukraine's fourth-largest city behind Kyiv, Kharkiv and Odesa, with a prewar population of about 1 million people.
—Arkansas Online, 9 June 2025
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“Prewar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prewar. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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