interwar period
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinterwarandperiod
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interwar
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˌɪn.təˈwɔːr/us/ˌɪn.t̬ɚˈwɔːr/
happening or existing in the period between two wars, especially the First World War and the Second World ...
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period
noun[C]
uk/ˈpɪə.ri.əd/us/ˈpɪr.i.əd/
a length ...
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Theinterwarperiodwas generally one of stagnation.
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Nevertheless, housing management remained an issue through theinterwarperiod.
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In theinterwarperiodtwo more would catch up.
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In theinterwarperiod, industry tried to carve up markets in a time of depressed demand.
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It becomes sharper and more frequent as one enters theinterwarperiod.
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There was always a tension swirling round the concept, both in theinterwarperiodand after.
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These elements, however, were becoming significant variables in theinterwarperiod.
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Theinterwarperiodwitnessed the development of mass production techniques and increased mass consumption.
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There had been just 4 factories in the city before partition, all of which dated to theinterwarperiod.
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However, these ideas and political developments are placed within a completely different political and social context from theinterwarperiod.
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Theinterwarperiod, in contrast (to the earlier period) saw sharpened conflict between foreign capital and indigenous enterprise.
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Theinterwarperiodushered in a new period, dominated by a welfare/interventionist philosophy, that would transform monetary relations thereafter.
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The article approaches this discourse via the aspiring authors who joined writing clubs in theinterwarperiod.
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These latter promises, aimed directly at utility representatives in the organisation, also dated from theinterwarperiod.
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By theinterwarperiod, the low price of wine had given aperitif producers an added incentive to invest in advertising.
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This trend demonstrates that the implied contracts developed in an imperfect competitive labour market during the nineteenth century no longer obtained during theinterwarperiod.
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The numerous changes and forced adaptation to circumstances made theinterwarperioda crucial time for identity formation in the region.
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The assessments of international relations to 1914 and theinterwarperiodare the most impressive, although he occasionally labours his points.
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Discussions of incentive wage plans and incentives under socialist systems are prevalent in the 1920s and continue throughout theinterwarperiod.
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Again this had been a persistent bone of contention between the board of education and its critics throughout theinterwarperiod.
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The analysis of individual cases, however, allows us to highlight a considerable degree of difference in behaviour across theinterwarperiod.
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The most influential recent study of the jobber deals with a time when the power of the jobber was in decline, late in theinterwarperiod.
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But the beginning of the twentieth century witnessed a rise in nationalist politics almost all over the country, which became even more intense during theinterwarperiod.
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