posterity

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If the well-being of American posterity dictates our policy decisions, fixing this problem should be our first step.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

“It gives us a sense of how Elizabethans recorded music for posterity; how they could relive a musical experience.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

"That's the nice thing about research results – it might happen in five, 150, 500 years time. This research is there for posterity and I'm confident that smart people will use them in the future."

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2025

President Emmanuel Macron inside the Pantheon said Badinter's voice would ring out in posterity.

From Barron's • Oct. 9, 2025

Each man was hedging his bets on the hereafter by preparing his private papers for posterity, the one place where they knew their prospects of immortality were assured.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis