Definition of postwar
: occurring or existing after a war;
especially
: occurring or existing after World War II
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And unlike the postwar building spree, fewer new homes can be considered affordable starter homes.
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The Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield, meanwhile, did develop and supply the SA80, the standard postwar military firearm.
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Like other natural materials, leather had been in short supply during the rationing days of World War II, and postwar styles luxuriated not only in longer, fuller skirts but in fashionable footwear to match.
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Five artists from Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, and Egypt set world auction records at Christie’s postwar and contemporary art sale on Thursday, even though the sales total of $2.97 million fell short of the low estimate of $3.1 million.
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Today, of course, the postwar consensus has broken down.
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In contrast to nationalist icons like Captain America, postwar heroes such as the Fantastic Four were grotesque and unstable.
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Some of the novels bring Gunther into postwar intrigues in Argentina, Cuba, France, Greece, and other countries.
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Part symphony, part piano concerto, Bernstein’s response to W.H. Auden’s eponymous poem is about four New Yorkers struggling with postwar angst and crises of identity and faith, the latter a lifelong concern of Bernstein’s.
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First Known Use of postwar
1853
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: happening, existing, or made after a war; especially : happening, existing, or made after World War II
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