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. Ray Mabus:

   The same arguments are used every time we expand who can serve, it affects unit cohesion, it is too costly, it is too disruptive. That was the argument used against integrating the armed forces in the 1940s. Those same arguments were used against recruiting large numbers of women in the'80s. The same arguments were used during the repeal of' don't ask, don't tell'.

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. 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.

5. Alexander Woo:

   Having George there as sort of the spiritual leader of our production, I think made everyone feel like this was something special, that even though this is the story of the Japanese Americans in the 1940s, it is not exclusively a story for Japanese Americans. It's a story for anyone whose life has been shaped or touched by the immigrant experience, which quite frankly in this country is just about anyone.