great depression

Frequency: 9.580.0 per million words

refers specifically to the worldwide economic depression of the 1930s

depressioneconomic depression: ADJECTIVE + NOUN

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great

Examples (10)

  • Many people lost their jobs in the Great Depression of the 1930s.
  • The stock market crash of 1929 is often cited as the start of the Great Depression.
  • My grandparents often told stories of their struggles during the Great Depression.
  • President Roosevelt's New Deal was a series of programs enacted in response to the Great Depression.
  • The economic turmoil of the Great Depression had profound political effects worldwide.
  • Unemployment rates soared to unprecedented levels during the Great Depression.
  • Many iconic photographs and novels depict the harsh realities of life during the Great Depression.
  • Economists still study the Great Depression to understand how to prevent similar crises.
  • The onset of World War II is often credited with helping to end the Great Depression.
  • The novel's protagonist is a farmer who lost everything in the Great Depression.