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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Background characters have gruesome war wounds or shell shock, and postwar Liverpool has been bombed back to Victorian levels of deprivation.
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Christopher Tayler, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
The meeting, which officials said would be the first trilateral talks since Moscow’s 2022 invasion, comes after a US envoy met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, and Washington and Kyiv agreed to postwar security guarantees.
—Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Meanwhile, political leaders are warning that the postwar global system is fraying.
—Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
After a century of heavy emigration—mostly to America—postwar Sweden began to change from a port of departure to one of call.
—Colton Valentine, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026
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Christopher Tayler, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
The meeting, which officials said would be the first trilateral talks since Moscow’s 2022 invasion, comes after a US envoy met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, and Washington and Kyiv agreed to postwar security guarantees.
—Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Meanwhile, political leaders are warning that the postwar global system is fraying.
—Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
After a century of heavy emigration—mostly to America—postwar Sweden began to change from a port of departure to one of call.
—Colton Valentine, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026
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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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