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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In return for postwar financial aid, western European countries were expected to become viable U.S. trade partners.
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Made By History, Time, 25 Apr. 2025
Hamas knows that it would be excluded from a postwar Gaza government.
—Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Apr. 2025
Of course, some eight hundred thousand did die—many in horrific ways—while the formerly enslaved were left to fend for themselves in a postwar state where apartheid was enforced by terror.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
Its title references the generation that resulted from a rising birth rate during the postwar era.
—Alex Greenberger For Artnews, Robb Report, 18 Apr. 2025
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Made By History, Time, 25 Apr. 2025
Hamas knows that it would be excluded from a postwar Gaza government.
—Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Apr. 2025
Of course, some eight hundred thousand did die—many in horrific ways—while the formerly enslaved were left to fend for themselves in a postwar state where apartheid was enforced by terror.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
Its title references the generation that resulted from a rising birth rate during the postwar era.
—Alex Greenberger For Artnews, Robb Report, 18 Apr. 2025
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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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