détente
Example Sentences
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At moments, poignant domestic intimacies such as cooking and bathing threaten to break the detente and let in some emotion.
Yet, China’s leadership suggested last month that it is in no rush to roll out major stimulus measures as the trade detente with Washington puts bilateral relations on a stable footing.
Analysts don’t expect the attacks to spoil the recent U.S.-China detente but see the move creating geopolitical ripples longer-term.
From Barron's
That, combined with a likely temporary trade détente with China, may be all the markets need to assume any new tariff storms can be weathered in the year ahead.
In that sense, the consultation between the two women was aimed to establish detente.
From Slate
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