the Cold War

noun

: the nonviolent conflict between the U.S. and the former Soviet Union after 1945

the era of the Cold War

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Just four years after the Cold War’s end, tensions between the former USSR and the United States remained high. —

Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Jan. 2025 During the Cold War, Russia gained extensive expertise in air-defense technology to counter Western aircraft. —

Vikram Mittal, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025 Murray’s basic intuition — Catholic faith supports our modern claims to political freedom — helped Catholics embrace American-style freedoms during and after the Cold War. —

Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2025 Jamie Coughlin Silverman, Gabriel Silverman Thirty years after the Cold War ends, a former political prisoner of the East German secret police searches for the truth after learning his brother spied on him for the regime, and discovers the lasting effects of living in a surveillance state. —

Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for the Cold War