posthumous

Example Sentences

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I confess I’m not impervious to the posthumous allure.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026

There is no escaping the fact that by watching “Love Story,” we are engaging in a posthumous version of the very same thing.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

At the time, they did not request a posthumous honour.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2025

Buffett’s epic posthumous hat tip to Munger is a poignant act from an extraordinary man, one that will forever be remembered as the swan song of a legend.

From Barron's • Dec. 12, 2025

This argument was much more robust than the mind/matter distinction, and came under systematic attack only in Hume’s posthumous Dialogues.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton