interwar
adjective
in·ter·war
ˌin-tər-ˈwȯr 
variants
or less commonly inter-war
: occurring or existing in the time between wars and especially between the First and Second World Wars
the interwar period
interwar Germany
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Lodge began to have séances with the medium Mrs. Gladys Leonard, who was one of the most influential voices of the interwar Spiritualist movement.
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Alice Vernon
september 8, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Her early artistic investigation of eccentricity and its subjugation in the interwar years could have fit right in with prevailing Dada and Surrealist attitudes, and many have connected her approach to that of contemporaries like Louise Bourgeois, Meret Oppenheim, and Marisa Merz.
—Elizabeth Mangini, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2025
Histories of Zionism in the interwar period usually focus on Europe, the United States, and the Middle East.
—Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
Significant tariff wars, along with competitive currency devaluations, were rightly viewed as major contributing factors to interwar economic dislocations, capped by the Great Depression.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2025
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Alice Vernon
september 8, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Her early artistic investigation of eccentricity and its subjugation in the interwar years could have fit right in with prevailing Dada and Surrealist attitudes, and many have connected her approach to that of contemporaries like Louise Bourgeois, Meret Oppenheim, and Marisa Merz.
—Elizabeth Mangini, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2025
Histories of Zionism in the interwar period usually focus on Europe, the United States, and the Middle East.
—Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
Significant tariff wars, along with competitive currency devaluations, were rightly viewed as major contributing factors to interwar economic dislocations, capped by the Great Depression.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for interwar
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“Interwar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interwar. Accessed 26 Sep. 2025.
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