prewar

Example Sentences

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The swelling shipments have brought stocks of diesel and other fuels on the Gulf Coast down by nearly 19% from prewar levels, according to the EIA.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Even if it succeeds, “Project Freedom” has little chance of restoring traffic through the strait to its prewar level.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

“You cannot run 135 vessels a day, the prewar baseline, through a narrow guided lane that depends on continuous overhead air defense,” she said.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

With continental inflation tame, the European Central Bank looked to be headed prewar toward interest rates too low for lenders to earn healthy margins.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

It was the only lab to boast a prewar history and, of course, the only one with a preexisting management.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik