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prewar

[pree-wawr] / ˈpriˈwɔr /
ADJECTIVE
ante-bellum
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Middle East oil shipments have recently recovered above prewar levels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

More oil has been flowing out of the Persian Gulf, with exports approaching prewar levels.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

Increased Gulf Arab oil exports have roughly stabilized world prices, above prewar levels but not disastrously so.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Yet exports from Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter, have jumped 10% above their prewar average.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

Sunlight streams through large dirty windows into the shabby prewar apartment.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri


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