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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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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

In “The Sewards of New York,” Thomas P. Slaughter, the author of several books on Revolutionary-era and antebellum America, attempts the journey.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 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

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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