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postmortem

[pohst-mawr-tuhm] / poʊstˈmɔr təm /
ADJECTIVE
following death
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NOUN
analysis after death
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The executives said they were doing a postmortem on what had happened, and that the fund was reassessing how much risk it would embrace in the future.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

So every year, we come in and we sort of have to gut-check ourselves and do a postmortem on the season.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

In the postmortem of Graham Platner’s disastrous campaign for Senate, much of the blame has fallen on one man: Daniel Moraff.

From Slate Aug. 1, 2026

Researchers at Boston University's CTE Center made the diagnosis through a postmortem brain tissue analysis of the Dallas Cowboys' defensive lineman, who died aged 24.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

It sounds macabre, but when Mother realized that after she’s dead, she won’t be able to tell me what to wear anymore, she came up with this ingenious postmortem system.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett




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