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  • adjective Occurring after a disaster

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Examples

  • Clinton said building housing is always the biggest challenge in postdisaster situations.

    Crossover Dreams: The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund is Lying to You Crossover Dreams 2010

  • Clinton said building housing is always the biggest challenge in postdisaster situations.

    Crossover Dreams: The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund is Lying to You Crossover Dreams 2010

  • After weeks of reassurance from the government that measures are in place to ensure food from the region near the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor is safe, the sudden rise in both the number of cattle that ate contaminated feed and the levels of cesium in the straw will exacerbate concerns over food safety and the government's handling of another key postdisaster issue.

    Japan Links More Cattle to Cesium-Tainted Feed Kosaku Narioka 2011

  • He said areas where Chinese concerns could play a role include port and rail construction, the Australian government's planned rollout of a national broadband network and postdisaster reconstruction.

    China Seeks Bigger Role in Australia Economy Dinny McMahon 2011

  • Clinton said building housing is always the biggest challenge in postdisaster situations.

    Crossover Dreams: The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund is Lying to You Crossover Dreams 2010

  • Indonesian government officials have come to glean lessons for future postdisaster relocations, says Hong Tjhin, an ethnic-Chinese Tzu Chi staff member in Jakarta.

    Taiwan Charity Has Global Reach Simon Montlake 2010

  • Indonesian government officials have come to glean lessons for future postdisaster relocations, says Hong Tjhin, an ethnic-Chinese Tzu Chi staff member in Jakarta.

    Taiwan Charity Has Global Reach Simon Montlake 2010

  • As late as the mid-1980s, in fact, the manuals for postdisaster relief focused exclusively on medicine, food, and shelter and contained no advice for treating the psychological wounds of a population.

    Crazy Like Us Ethan Watters 2010

  • As time progresses postdisaster, social and psychological factors may play greater roles in accelerating or impeding recovery among affected populations.

    Literary Warrant [31] 2008

  • Efforts to expand disaster recovery and preparedness policies to include long-term social re-engagement efforts postdisaster should be considered as a means of reducing mental health sequelae.

    Literary Warrant [31] 2008

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