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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Analysts discovered previous wartime maps and postwar records mislabeled the hill where Rowe and others died.
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Kairi Lowery, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2025
What To Know The new plan will mark the largest shakeup of Vietnam's administrative map since the postwar unification of North and South Vietnam in the late 1970s.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
Probably no Olds in the postwar years made as big a splash as the first-generation Toronado, introduced in 1965 as a 1966 model, and built through 1970.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 13 June 2025
The attack marks Austria’s deadliest mass shooting in its postwar history and the first major incident of its kind since 2020.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 10 June 2025
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Kairi Lowery, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2025
What To Know The new plan will mark the largest shakeup of Vietnam's administrative map since the postwar unification of North and South Vietnam in the late 1970s.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
Probably no Olds in the postwar years made as big a splash as the first-generation Toronado, introduced in 1965 as a 1966 model, and built through 1970.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 13 June 2025
The attack marks Austria’s deadliest mass shooting in its postwar history and the first major incident of its kind since 2020.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 10 June 2025
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“Postwar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postwar. Accessed 29 Jun. 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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