posthumous
Example Sentences
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The posthumous resurrection of Babitz’s writings is most welcome.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
Playing out on an operatic scale, and featuring a revelatory posthumous performance from Heath Ledger as the Joker, the film grossed over a billion dollars worldwide.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Painters also adopted European conventions emphasizing divine rule in imperial portraits, as in a posthumous one of Akbar with a halo and winged cherubs above him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed in the UK, has been granted a posthumous conditional pardon.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Now after thirty-four years, the commemorations and interviews and presentations of posthumous honors have almost stopped, so that for months at a time Dedd is able to take up her own life again.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
Vocabulary lists containing posthumous
30 GRE Words Beginning with "P"
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In the Time of the Butterflies
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