prewar

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That means energy prices won’t immediately return to their prewar levels, said Thomas Mathews, head of markets in Asia Pacific for Capital Economics.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 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

A retreat in oil prices may have helped indexes across the board—even if they still remain high compared with prewar levels.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

The stage was set for one of the most important events of the prewar period.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik