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antebellum

[an-tee-bel-uhm] / ˈæn tiˈbɛl əm /
ADJECTIVE
before a war
Synonyms
STRONGEST
Antonyms
STRONGEST
postbellum postwar
WEAK


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Another favorite restaurant is Jones Oyster Co., located in an antebellum brick building.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 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

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

Slaveowner statesmen of the antebellum South, like John C. Calhoun and Alexander Stephens, were plainly terrified of the racial apocalypse they feared might come with abolition, let alone any version of legal equality.

From Salon ● May 25, 2025

Several times we drove by an antebellum mansion.

From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata



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