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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However, it was criticized by pacifists at home and China for deviating from Japan’s postwar self-defense only principle.
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ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
Those Weimar masters bore fruit in the mature careers of Bernd and Hilla Becher, the postwar Düsseldorf duo who blurred the line between photography and conceptual art with their gray-on-gray depictions of industrial architecture.
—J.s. Marcus, Air Mail, 25 Apr. 2026
By the 1950s, colleges and universities were energized by postwar ambitions.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Apr. 2026
The ruling party in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region reconstituted a parliament that had been disbanded as part of a postwar accord in 2022.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 22 Apr. 2026
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ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
Those Weimar masters bore fruit in the mature careers of Bernd and Hilla Becher, the postwar Düsseldorf duo who blurred the line between photography and conceptual art with their gray-on-gray depictions of industrial architecture.
—J.s. Marcus, Air Mail, 25 Apr. 2026
By the 1950s, colleges and universities were energized by postwar ambitions.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Apr. 2026
The ruling party in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region reconstituted a parliament that had been disbanded as part of a postwar accord in 2022.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 22 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for postwar
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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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