posthumous
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But he says nothing about its posthumous Off Broadway production, in 2023, which played to packed houses and mixed reviews — not quite the valedictory Sondheim would have wanted.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
I confess I’m not impervious to the posthumous allure.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu on Sunday paid tribute to Afrobeat king Fela Kuti after his posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammys, the first African artist to be honoured this way.
From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026
Gorillaz celebrate their 25th anniversary with a new album, The Mountain, featuring a number of posthumous collaborations from actor Dennis Hopper, The Fall frontman Mark E Smith and soul legend Bobby Womack.
From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025
The Hamiltonian story required a distortion in the sequence of the exchange in order to preserve Hamilton’s posthumous reputation.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing posthumous
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