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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What are left are postwar structures—many with deep, dark interiors, low ceilings, and scant visual appeal.
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D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2024
For our family, having a house in Karuizawa represented the pinnacle of a postwar story of ambition and aspiration.
—Katie Kitamura, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2024
In Zakaria’s account, societies that embrace liberal commitments to trade, openness, and free thinking, such as the United States in the postwar era, tend to be more innovative and powerful, but illiberal forces are never fully vanquished either at home or abroad.
—Fareed Zakaria, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
But this week’s pomp will mainly celebrate Kishida and the dramatic shifts Tokyo has made under his leadership to shed longtime postwar pacifist constraints.
—Michelle Lee, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
Recording could rescue whole musical genres from oblivion; Gould pointed out that recordings were a major factor in the postwar restoration of baroque music, especially on original instruments, to the marketplace.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2024
The Angels, founded in 1948 in San Bernardino County in a climate of postwar disillusion and rebellion, have often presented two very different public faces.
—Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 14 Apr. 2024
Xuande grew up in Melbourne, the son of bakers who had fled postwar Vietnam.
—Brandon Yu, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
But by planting the movie in the 1980s, Rohrwacher casts a sad glance at her country’s postwar development, depicting a land of eroding infrastructure, bumbling cops, and a cutthroat, capitalistic market for the artifacts Arthur is hunting.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2024
D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2024
For our family, having a house in Karuizawa represented the pinnacle of a postwar story of ambition and aspiration.
—Katie Kitamura, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2024
In Zakaria’s account, societies that embrace liberal commitments to trade, openness, and free thinking, such as the United States in the postwar era, tend to be more innovative and powerful, but illiberal forces are never fully vanquished either at home or abroad.
—Fareed Zakaria, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
But this week’s pomp will mainly celebrate Kishida and the dramatic shifts Tokyo has made under his leadership to shed longtime postwar pacifist constraints.
—Michelle Lee, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
Recording could rescue whole musical genres from oblivion; Gould pointed out that recordings were a major factor in the postwar restoration of baroque music, especially on original instruments, to the marketplace.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2024
The Angels, founded in 1948 in San Bernardino County in a climate of postwar disillusion and rebellion, have often presented two very different public faces.
—Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 14 Apr. 2024
Xuande grew up in Melbourne, the son of bakers who had fled postwar Vietnam.
—Brandon Yu, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
But by planting the movie in the 1980s, Rohrwacher casts a sad glance at her country’s postwar development, depicting a land of eroding infrastructure, bumbling cops, and a cutthroat, capitalistic market for the artifacts Arthur is hunting.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2024
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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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