postwar
adjective
post·war
| \ ˈpōs(t)-ˌwär
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Definition of postwar
: occurring or existing after a war
especially
: occurring or existing after World War II
Examples of postwar in a Sentence
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As Hawai‘i as a whole responded to the postwar demise of its sugar industry by shifting to tourism, Molokai was slow to follow suit, and faltered in the face of recessions, mismanagement by foreign owners, and determined local opposition. — Wade Graham, Smithsonian, "Why Molokai, With All Its Wonders, Is the Least Developed of Hawai’i’s Islands," 31 Aug. 2019 It's believed the rite cleanses a soldier of war's taint and heads off postwar ailments. — Betty Reid, azcentral, "To Chester Nez, last of the original Code Talkers, the words are more than a code," 29 Aug. 2019 In 2017, fewer than 950,000 babies were born in Japan while the number of deaths rose to a postwar high of 1.3 million, according to the Ministry of Health and Labor. — Jake Kwon And Jessie Yeung, CNN, "South Korea's fertility rate falls to record low," 29 Aug. 2019 As soon as prostitution was banned in postwar Japan, the number of prostitutes (said to be roughly eighty thousand in Tokyo alone) rose sharply. — Pico Iyer, Harper's magazine, "Freedom from Choice," 19 Aug. 2019 Between 1948 and 1956, developers built roughly 16,000 wood-frame bungalows in the suburbs of Willowick, Eastlake, Wickliffe and Willoughby as part of the postwar suburban housing boom that swept the nation. — Steven Litt, cleveland.com, "Lake County Port Authority remodels 1950s bungalow to spur reinvestment in aging postwar subdivisions," 30 June 2019 The present system, often described as Bretton Woods II, slowly emerged from the ashes of the postwar order. — The Economist, "What comes after Bretton Woods II?," 13 Aug. 2019 The islands, which are largely barren and uninhabited, have continued to divide the two countries throughout the postwar period. — Brad Lendon, CNN, "Why Russia and China are wading into a centuries' old dispute over a tiny island cluster," 26 July 2019 Trump, by contrast, is the least popular President of the postwar period, who enjoys a fiercely loyal base but so far has failed to win the support of more than half those Americans polled. — Sean Wilentz, The New Yorker, "Nancy Pelosi, Impeachment, and Places in History," 11 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'postwar.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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postwar
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of postwar
: happening, existing, or made after a war
especially
: happening, existing, or made after World War II
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