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or detente
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as in rapprochement
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“Détente.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/d%C3%A9tente. Accessed 1 Jul. 2022.
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The first known use of détente was in 1908
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