the Cold War
noun
: the nonviolent conflict between the U.S. and the former Soviet Union after 1945
the era of the Cold War
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That is not an unreasonable concern, particularly as the force itself has shrunk since the Cold War’s end.
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David A. Deptula, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
It is set in an alternative reality in which the Cold War didn’t end, and an atomic bomb has struck Soviet Kazakhstan.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 13 May 2025
The Soviet Union and China attempted to silence its broadcasts during the Cold War.
—Christine Fernando, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2025
Across the world, dozens of supersensitive detectors have been installed since the beginning of the Cold War era to detect infrasound waves created by nuclear tests thousands of miles away.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 12 May 2025
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David A. Deptula, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
It is set in an alternative reality in which the Cold War didn’t end, and an atomic bomb has struck Soviet Kazakhstan.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 13 May 2025
The Soviet Union and China attempted to silence its broadcasts during the Cold War.
—Christine Fernando, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2025
Across the world, dozens of supersensitive detectors have been installed since the beginning of the Cold War era to detect infrasound waves created by nuclear tests thousands of miles away.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 12 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for the Cold War
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