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- adjective Before a war.
- adjective Before the most recent or significant war in a culture's history.
- adjective Before the outbreak of
World War II in 1939.
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Examples
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"We need to kind of harken back a little bit more to that quality of living and that generosity of space," says Mr. Pei, referring to pre-war buildings.
Peis Partner in Manhattan Dana Rubinstein 2011
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So I think we're on target to get back closer to the previous levels by June of next year, he said, referring to pre-war production of 1.6 million bpd.
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"I don't think we'll ever get it back to that point," the store manager sighed, referring to the pre-war era when every man wore a hat, "but we'll take what we can get.
Hoping for a Hat Trick Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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The songs of the birds sounded normal, and the trees and grass held the green of his pre-war memory.
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If the pre-war Arabs and British did not shut down the escape from Europe to then Palestine, millions of people could have been saved.
Wonk Room » Dershowitz: Palestinians ‘Played A Significant Role In The Holocaust’ 2009
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Ditmas Park apartments are mostly older, pre-war buildings -- which war I am not sure -- and have a slightly classier, more old-world aspect to them than most.
David Serchuk: New York City Apartment Hell Pt. 5 David Serchuk 2011
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In European Jewish society (pre-war), ideal male qualities were studiousness and female qualities an ability to hussle in the market place in order to support him.
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Eric Ambler's five classic pre-war thrillers, Uncommon Danger, Epitaph for a Spy, Cause for Alarm, The Mask of Dimitrios and Journey into Fear, established his reputation, according to Fenton, still (in 1985) making people sit up when they come across one.
Spy master Eric Ambler in The Times archive Maxine 2009
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At the most famous yeshiva in pre-war Europe, most men studied bare-faced.
Rabbi Yonah Bookstein: Matisyahu's Beard Goes Missing, Jewish World In A Panic Rabbi Yonah Bookstein 2011
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At the most famous yeshiva in pre-war Europe, most men studied bare-faced.
Rabbi Yonah Bookstein: Matisyahu's Beard Goes Missing, Jewish World In A Panic Rabbi Yonah Bookstein 2011
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