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détente

[dey-tahnt, dey-tahnt] / deɪˈtɑnt, deɪˈtɑ̃t /


NOUN
passivity
Synonyms


detente
NOUN
passivity
Synonyms


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There have been at least two moments of detente: Cosentino, Ruger’s 76-year-old chairman, met with Gussalli Beretta in a hotel in Paris just before Christmas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

“If the oil markets were as confident about a lasting detente between the U.S. and Iran, oil prices would be solidly lower,” Essaye said in written commentary.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

Many China hawks in the administration have taken to gallows humor, calling the shift the ‘Busan Freeze,’ named for the South Korea meeting between the leaders that produced a fragile trade detente.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Thursday’s prices reflect a very different mood on the detente compared to a day ago.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Some of the newsroom boys returned Riddle’s animosity, but the fact that he owned some of the fastest and most noteworthy horses on earth led to a certain uneasy detente.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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