First World War
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The region once belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Empire but was ceded to Italy as part of a First World War settlement.
From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026
Socialist leader Eugene V. Debs was sentenced to jail in 1918 for speaking out against the First World War.
From Salon • Oct. 14, 2025
It was used during the First World War to sanction aristocrats who had UK titles but were fighting in the German army.
From BBC • Oct. 11, 2025
We met in groups of two or three at Oxford, with a professor who started with a question—“Was the First World War inevitable?”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
No doubt it started growing long before the camps, long before the Second World War and the First World War, probably before the Civil War, and maybe even before the United States was a country.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
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