prerevolutionary
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Once full of prerevolutionary mansions, it now houses many embassies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Realizing they could not return to the prerevolutionary era, proponents of conservatism instead sought to suppress the forces of nationalism and liberalism as a means of reining in newfound principles of democracy and republicanism.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
Starting in prerevolutionary Russia, a new approach to theater insisted on truth — as opposed to eloquence, bravura or technical skill — as the highest value in acting.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2021
The title alone, from a love lyric by the prerevolutionary poet Forugh Farrokhzad that Behzad recites, suggests the irrepressible beauty of playtime.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 2, 2014
At Krang Truop, Uncle Leang’s family is considered to be a base family because they have lived in the same village since the prerevolutionary days.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
