The great depression

Recent Examples on the Web The daughter of destitute Eastern European émigrés, a product of Great Depression and World War II–era New York City schools and their melting-pot culture, Dresselhaus (née Spiewak) as a child imagined that the only career open to her was that of schoolteacher. — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Apr. 2015 These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'Great Depression.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.