Synonyms for 1940s
1940s

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1. 1940snoun

   Synonyms:
   40s, forties

2. 1940snoun

   The decade from 1940 to 1949.

   Synonyms:
   40s, forties

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1. forties, 1940snoun

   the decade from 1940 to 1949

   Synonyms:
   mid-forties, forties

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1. List of paraphrases for "1940s":

   1940, forties, 40s

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1. Stephen Vladeck:

   That order, like its predecessors dating back to the 1940s, imposes both procedural and substantive requirements on what information can properly be classified -- and how. Suffice it to say,' because I said it' is not one of the appropriate criteria for classifying national security information.

2. Eire Markings:

   Today, we take high technology navigational aids for granted. In the 1940s, GPS did not exist.

3. Blake Lively:

   I think any jokes about rape, homophobia or Hitler is not a joke, i think that was a hard thing swallow in 30 seconds. Film festivals are such a beautiful, respectful festivals of film and artists and to have that, it felt like it wouldn’t have happened if it was in the 1940s. I can’t imagine Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby going out and doing that. It was more disappointing for the artists in the room that someone was going up there making jokes about something that wasn’t funny.

4. Judith Ganes:

   The Florida citrus crop is going to be one of the smallest crops since the 1940s, the Florida citrus crop's going to be even smaller than the production that occurred several years ago... when Hurricane Irma blew through Florida.

5. Bob Slaughter:

   Old sheet music back in the 1930s and 1940s used to have a notation printed across the top, it would say ‘vamp til ready.’.