variants
or detente
1
: the relaxation of strained relations or tensions (as between nations)
diplomats brokering a détente
also
: a policy promoting this
2
: a period of détente
the beginning of a détente
Examples of détente in a Sentence
as the countries move toward détente
the start of a détente
Recent Examples on the Web
Europe generally speaking is on Ukraine’s side, wants a settlement to the war to be as close to Kyiv’s preferences as possible and isn’t wiling to explore a detente with Moscow until the war is over.
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Daniel Depetris, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2025
Higher-level American and Russian diplomats meet in Saudi Arabia to float ceasefire ideas and a wider detente, while lower-level diplomatic meetings began in the new venue of Turkey last week to address the technical details of embassies reopening.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 14 Apr. 2025
Your sons are adults and will have to reach a detente on their own.
—Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
Your sons are adults and will have to reach a detente on their own.
—Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
War had returned and the detente that had existed since the fall of the Iron Curtain was over.
—Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
And on Tuesday, officials from Canada and the United States agreed to meet later this week to negotiate their trade disagreements, a potential detente in an escalating trade war.
—David Goldman, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
The detente came after a fiery Cabinet meeting on Thursday, with Rubio and Musk at the center of the tensions.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 10 Mar. 2025
But two Mickeys will come in handy when Marshall engages in authoritarian military cosplay, an act of cruelty pits the colonists against the aliens, and mutually assured destruction needs to be averted unless 17 can broker a detente.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2025
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Daniel Depetris, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2025
Higher-level American and Russian diplomats meet in Saudi Arabia to float ceasefire ideas and a wider detente, while lower-level diplomatic meetings began in the new venue of Turkey last week to address the technical details of embassies reopening.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 14 Apr. 2025
Your sons are adults and will have to reach a detente on their own.
—Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
Your sons are adults and will have to reach a detente on their own.
—Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
War had returned and the detente that had existed since the fall of the Iron Curtain was over.
—Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
And on Tuesday, officials from Canada and the United States agreed to meet later this week to negotiate their trade disagreements, a potential detente in an escalating trade war.
—David Goldman, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
The detente came after a fiery Cabinet meeting on Thursday, with Rubio and Musk at the center of the tensions.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 10 Mar. 2025
But two Mickeys will come in handy when Marshall engages in authoritarian military cosplay, an act of cruelty pits the colonists against the aliens, and mutually assured destruction needs to be averted unless 17 can broker a detente.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2025
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“Détente.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/d%C3%A9tente. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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