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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Brutalism was a key part of postwar housing recovery and expansion efforts.
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Michael Allen, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2025
Monbiot takes the viewer on a century-long journey through postwar capitalism, untangling the hyperconsumerist economic doctrine that has come to dominate Western society despite its almost complete obscurity to the public.
—Erik Morse, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2025
Mishra loves to mine the writings of postwar Jewish intellectuals for a damning quote—a racist protagonist in a Saul Bellow novel is one of his primary data points—but he can’t be bothered to cite the present-day leaders of Jewish organizations.
—Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2025
Starmer has offered to deploy UK troops to Ukraine as postwar peacekeepers if they are backstopped by the U.S.
—Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
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Michael Allen, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2025
Monbiot takes the viewer on a century-long journey through postwar capitalism, untangling the hyperconsumerist economic doctrine that has come to dominate Western society despite its almost complete obscurity to the public.
—Erik Morse, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2025
Mishra loves to mine the writings of postwar Jewish intellectuals for a damning quote—a racist protagonist in a Saul Bellow novel is one of his primary data points—but he can’t be bothered to cite the present-day leaders of Jewish organizations.
—Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2025
Starmer has offered to deploy UK troops to Ukraine as postwar peacekeepers if they are backstopped by the U.S.
—Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 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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