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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Faced with humanitarian crises in the past, the White House could lean on USAID’s experience with global aid and its expertise in postwar recovery.
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Hana Kiros, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025
At the juncture between postwar noir and golden-age melodrama is Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard, a saturnine elegy to a lost Hollywood of the silent era, when faces and charisma were more desirable than voices or talent.
—Erik Morse, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
Last year, the country’s number of new births plunged to a new postwar low of 252,000, down from 272,000 in 2023.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
The postwar period saw a string of bold daytime art thefts, as National Geographic reports.
—NPR, 20 Oct. 2025
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Hana Kiros, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025
At the juncture between postwar noir and golden-age melodrama is Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard, a saturnine elegy to a lost Hollywood of the silent era, when faces and charisma were more desirable than voices or talent.
—Erik Morse, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
Last year, the country’s number of new births plunged to a new postwar low of 252,000, down from 272,000 in 2023.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
The postwar period saw a string of bold daytime art thefts, as National Geographic reports.
—NPR, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Postwar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postwar. Accessed 29 Oct. 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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