often attributive
: a period during which a war is in progress
rationing during wartime
Examples of wartime in a Sentence
Many goods were rationed during wartime.
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The Ukrainian parliament does not broadcast sessions during wartime, according to Reuters.
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Danielle Wallace, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2025
With the country shifting the bulk of its economy onto a wartime footing, demand for replacement vehicles can no longer be met locally.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 8 July 2025
While documenting evolutionary changes to urban wildlife is secondary to keeping people safe during wartime, a handful of studies on wildlife have come out of active war zones.
—Elizabeth Carlen, The Conversation, 3 July 2025
His challenge was to move the economy from a wartime footing to one that could produce new jobs—while holding down the inflation that many economists predicted.
—Robert Hormats, Time, 3 July 2025
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Danielle Wallace, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2025
With the country shifting the bulk of its economy onto a wartime footing, demand for replacement vehicles can no longer be met locally.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 8 July 2025
While documenting evolutionary changes to urban wildlife is secondary to keeping people safe during wartime, a handful of studies on wildlife have come out of active war zones.
—Elizabeth Carlen, The Conversation, 3 July 2025
His challenge was to move the economy from a wartime footing to one that could produce new jobs—while holding down the inflation that many economists predicted.
—Robert Hormats, Time, 3 July 2025
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“Wartime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wartime. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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wartime
noun
war·time
ˈwȯ(ə)r-ˌtīm 
: a period when a war is going on
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