wartime period

collocation in English

meaningsofwartimeandperiod

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wartime
noun[U]
uk
/ˈwɔː.taɪm/us
/ˈwɔːr.taɪm/
a period of time during which a war is ...
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period
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɪə.ri.əd/us
/ˈpɪr.i.əd/
a length ...
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(Definition ofwartimeandperiodfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwartime period

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However, his memo was lost in the bureaucratic maze of thatwartimeperiod.
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A repressive act is passed to protect the people from aliens in a potentialwartimeperiod.
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It was only during thewartimeperiodthat the salary went up to a few hundreds pounds a year.
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Meanwhile, it is not proposed to publish further documents for thewartimeperiod.
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I have stated already that they have increased by about 200 during thewartimeperiodup till today.
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That represents the biggest increase in the rate of women's employment in our country since thewartimeperiod.
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We rightly look at thewartimeperiodas one where the need to pull together for a common cause heightened everyone's sense of service.
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I am told that there are endless financial wrangles over the value of the alterations to property during thewartimeperiod.
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The reason for trying to stick to that valuation was to prevent landowners and speculators making additional profits out of what occurred during thewartimeperiod.
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He was deputy speaker from 1929 to 1932 and speaker of the parliament from 1936 to 1945, includingwartimeperiod.
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It also fails to account for the apparently sincerely held ideological beliefs of thewartimeperiod.
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It only at first existed inwartimeperiodbut was permanently established in 1762.
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The team's good form continued through the non-competitivewartimeperiodwith the help of many guest players.
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During thewartimeperiodnearly 30,000 men were graduated from the school.
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In thiswartimeperiod, many of the volunteer firefighters were women.
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Most of them were inaugurated before 1964, in which period he was actually considered the most influential leader and the greatest hero of thewartimeperiod.
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