variants
or detente
as in rapprochement
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Recent Examples of détente
Still, any miscalculation or direct confrontation at sea could tip the diplomatic posturing into rapid deterioration and risk jeopardizing the fragile stability in the detente between Washington and Beijing.
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Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
15 Apr. 2026
Traders have been parsing signals over whether Iran’s concessions over its nuclear ambitions will be enough to achieve a detente with the US.
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Alex Longley,
Bloomberg,
24 Feb. 2026
Stocks were powered higher by enthusiasm about tech and AI, a detente in severe trade tensions, optimism about Fed rate cuts and robust corporate earnings growth.
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John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
1 Jan. 2026
The potential face-to-face could represent a detente for the Republican president and Democratic political star, who have cast each other as political foils.
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Philip Marcelo,
Fortune,
17 Nov. 2025
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Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
15 Apr. 2026
Traders have been parsing signals over whether Iran’s concessions over its nuclear ambitions will be enough to achieve a detente with the US.
—
Alex Longley,
Bloomberg,
24 Feb. 2026
Stocks were powered higher by enthusiasm about tech and AI, a detente in severe trade tensions, optimism about Fed rate cuts and robust corporate earnings growth.
—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
1 Jan. 2026
The potential face-to-face could represent a detente for the Republican president and Democratic political star, who have cast each other as political foils.
—
Philip Marcelo,
Fortune,
17 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for détente
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The law also directly ties any rapprochement between the US and Cuba to those assets.
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In embracing a rapprochement with the United States under President Obama, Raúl Castro, long seen as an ideologue by Cubanologists, played the hand of a pragmatist.
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Of course, all of this convenient acquiescence will sound familiar in the United States, where our own Congress and Department of Justice have been nothing if not servile to a brazenly corrupt executive.
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Writing in the early 1890s, Nadar deployed Balzac’s reported initial mistrust and later acquiescence to the daguerreotype as an allegory of larger significance for understanding the history of invention.
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Last year, voters showed a growing acceptance of the horror genre by awarding Oscars to Sinners and Weapons.
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That wistful undertow stems from Zimmerman’s casual acceptance of his advancing age.
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“Détente.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/d%C3%A9tente. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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