war effort
noun
: all that is being done to win a war
He wanted to contribute in some way to the war effort.
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From the Archives looks back today at new housing being built in 1941 in Linda Vista for defense industry workers during the war effort.
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San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
Korda went back to England to support the war effort, and Oberon did the same in the U.S..
—Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2025
In the near term, this will require accelerating the crisis facing Putin’s war effort by ramping up sanctions on Russia’s energy sector and its trade with China while delaying an equivalent crisis in Kyiv by conditioning continued support on fuller mobilization of Ukraine’s military-age population.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
In fact, according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Europe has allocated $138 billion to the war effort, compared with the $119 billion given by the United States.
—Peter Baker, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
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San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
Korda went back to England to support the war effort, and Oberon did the same in the U.S..
—Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2025
In the near term, this will require accelerating the crisis facing Putin’s war effort by ramping up sanctions on Russia’s energy sector and its trade with China while delaying an equivalent crisis in Kyiv by conditioning continued support on fuller mobilization of Ukraine’s military-age population.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
In fact, according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Europe has allocated $138 billion to the war effort, compared with the $119 billion given by the United States.
—Peter Baker, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
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“War effort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war%20effort. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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