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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a detente" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe a relaxation of tensions or strained relations, especially in a political context.
Example: "The two countries reached a detente after years of hostility, allowing for diplomatic discussions to take place."
Alternatives: "a thaw" or "a rapprochement".
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A detente.
It was a detente of sorts.
A detente is still possible, despite all the martial rhetoric.
But a detente between litfic and its others is real.
On Wednesday, however, the parties met again, and the union issued a statement suggesting a detente.
Rebels and Kurdish groups clashed in Aleppo earlier this month but had since struck a detente.
"The South Korean authorities should respond positively to our sincere efforts for a detente," Kim said.
Things might have ended there, or at least reached a detente.
He is keen to improve relations with India, wishing to renew a detente he launched in 1999.
Other provinces are expected to do likewise.More depressing is the demise of Mr Musharraf's biggest triumph, a detente with India.
A detente with the Soviet and China can be arranged only if the Soviet and China are amenable to one.
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