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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That failure directly resulted in the creation of the postwar global order, the founding of NATO, and the United Nations—all institutions aimed at ensuring that tyrants could not redraw borders through force.
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Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
All the institutions of the postwar order and prosperity—our great universities, our public-health system, our scientific-research establishment—have been damaged, perhaps beyond repair.
—Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
The budget for an exhibition Storr had been working on for three years, on postwar European art, was summarily slashed.
—Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025
For those in the postwar world determined to seize the promise of freedom, that was the true meaning of Appomattox.
— Made By History, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
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Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
All the institutions of the postwar order and prosperity—our great universities, our public-health system, our scientific-research establishment—have been damaged, perhaps beyond repair.
—Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
The budget for an exhibition Storr had been working on for three years, on postwar European art, was summarily slashed.
—Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025
For those in the postwar world determined to seize the promise of freedom, that was the true meaning of Appomattox.
— Made By History, Time, 9 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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