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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The Advertiser was edited by Samuel Adams for artisans and laborers fired up by their successful resistance to impressment—the Navy’s effort to grab men for forced service—and concerned about rising poverty in the postwar depression.
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Time, 7 July 2025
Anderson also looked to the late, legendary Terence Conran, the designer, retailer, restaurateur and lifestyle pioneer who changed the way postwar Britons furnished their homes, and wondered what the Conran store would look like today.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 3 July 2025
Serra, whose father fought in the Resistance, but in a non-Communist brigade that never reconciled itself with the more hard-line postwar Communists, admits more than a measure of sympathy for Malaparte.
—Thomas Meaney, New Yorker, 2 July 2025
The 12-day conflict ended June 24 under a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, yet postwar tensions remain high.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2025
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Time, 7 July 2025
Anderson also looked to the late, legendary Terence Conran, the designer, retailer, restaurateur and lifestyle pioneer who changed the way postwar Britons furnished their homes, and wondered what the Conran store would look like today.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 3 July 2025
Serra, whose father fought in the Resistance, but in a non-Communist brigade that never reconciled itself with the more hard-line postwar Communists, admits more than a measure of sympathy for Malaparte.
—Thomas Meaney, New Yorker, 2 July 2025
The 12-day conflict ended June 24 under a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, yet postwar tensions remain high.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 28 June 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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