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posthumous

[pos-chuh-muhs, -choo-] / ˈpɒs tʃə məs, -tʃʊ- /
ADJECTIVE
after death
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That material and the five other previously unheard tunes, as well as demos and remastered songs, form part of a new, posthumous album called The Shel Talmy Recordings.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Reiner won a posthumous Emmy for guest actor in a comedy series for his work on “The Bear” earlier this month.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

Other highlights from the Emmy pre-ceremonies were a posthumous award for Rob Reiner for best guest actor in a comedy for "The Bear," and seven prizes for Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show.

From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026

The book is particularly good at tracing the incremental shifts in Wilde’s posthumous reputation, culminating in the serious scholarly attention of the post-1945 era.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

All day long, she realized, she had been feeling strange, and seeing strangely, as though everything was already long in the past, made more vivid by posthumous ironies she could not quite grasp.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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