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antebellum

[an-tee-bel-uhm] / ˈæn tiˈbɛl əm /
ADJECTIVE
before a war
Synonyms
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Antonyms
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postbellum postwar
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Sandford is a particularly odious source of constitutional wisdom, his argument echoed a broader antebellum consensus.

From Slate ● Apr. 15, 2026

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

These developments set the course of the intertwined antebellum economy in the North and South—an enslaved workforce in the South and an industrialized workforce in the North.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2025

The antebellum plantation system had never taken root in West Virginia the way it had farther east and south.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly


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