postwar
adjective
post·war
ˈpōs(t)-ˌwär 
: occurring or existing after a war
especially
: occurring or existing after World War II
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There were also unstated objectives such as the elimination of the Iraqi nuclear program (pretty much finished off by postwar inspections, not air strikes) and the overthrow of Saddam Hussein’s rule, which occurred 12 years later, after another war.
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Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2026
The aircraft and vehicles in the Lyon Air Museum are typically not only historically significant, but were fully functional for much of their postwar lives, Carlson said, often flying, driving or serving in secondary roles such as cargo hauling and firefighting.
—Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2026
Indeed, much of the ambitious sculpture of the postwar period that Gehry admired, and that critics have sometimes invoked to judge his work, was founded on the systematic elimination of the very problems architecture must solve.
—Julian Rose, Artforum, 26 Mar. 2026
Ecologist Barry Commoner’s 1971 empirical study confirmed that postwar environmental damage had stemmed almost entirely from new production methods and rising per capita consumption, not from the growing number of people.
—Brian C. Keegan, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026
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Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2026
The aircraft and vehicles in the Lyon Air Museum are typically not only historically significant, but were fully functional for much of their postwar lives, Carlson said, often flying, driving or serving in secondary roles such as cargo hauling and firefighting.
—Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2026
Indeed, much of the ambitious sculpture of the postwar period that Gehry admired, and that critics have sometimes invoked to judge his work, was founded on the systematic elimination of the very problems architecture must solve.
—Julian Rose, Artforum, 26 Mar. 2026
Ecologist Barry Commoner’s 1971 empirical study confirmed that postwar environmental damage had stemmed almost entirely from new production methods and rising per capita consumption, not from the growing number of people.
—Brian C. Keegan, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026
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postwar
adjective
post·war
ˈpōst-ˈwȯ(ə)r
: of, relating to, or being a period after a war
postwar Europe
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