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antebellum

[an-tee-bel-uhm] / ˈæn tiˈbɛl əm /
ADJECTIVE
before a war
Synonyms
STRONGEST
Antonyms
STRONGEST
postbellum postwar
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In Beaufort, an antebellum city founded in 1711, an estimated 3,000 people turned out — a marked increase over earlier “No Kings” rallies, said Barb Nash, one of the coordinators.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2026

If analysts factor an increase of say $10 from the antebellum price of around $70 to just $80 this could lift target prices across the European oil majors by at least 15%.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 19, 2026

He was the namesake of the boxer later known as Muhammad Ali, whose ancestors had been enslaved by the white Cassius’s cousin Henry Clay, the antebellum orator and senator.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025

Specifically, Jackson asked the court to reckon with the views and work of free Black people in antebellum and post-antebellum America when considering the meaning and power of the 14th Amendment.

From Slate ● Jul. 3, 2025

The old part of the town, fiercely antebellum, rested in the stillest slackwater celebration of itself, in the habiliment of azaleas cutting into shadows with a soft-winged blue, or a deepening ruby.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy


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