posthumous
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Perhaps it’s a posthumous show of respect to the man you loved, and also a refusal to allow his children’s behavior to turn you into someone you don’t want to be.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
Those assets sold at a $10 billion valuation last year, earning him posthumous accolades for the best sports investment ever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
One young fan mused, “Is Nixon pulling off the greatest posthumous political comeback in history?”
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
Reiner, who died last December, received a posthumous Emmy last week for his guest appearance in The Bear.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 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
Vocabulary lists containing posthumous
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