as in delayed
occurring after one's death
the soldier was awarded a posthumous medal for valor
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Recent Examples of posthumous
Acocella’s essay deals with the improbable five-year affair between the Left Bank philosopher Simone de Beauvoir and the tough-guy Chicago writer Nelson Algren—its title comes from their pet names for each other—and was occasioned by the posthumous publication of Beauvoir’s love letters.
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Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
Following Michelle Trachtenberg‘s death at age 39, Sarah Michelle Gellar is keeping her onscreen sister’s memory alive on her posthumous milestone birthday.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2025
Throughout the 215-page posthumous memoir, Eleanor details her experience on film sets while directing documentaries surrounding the works of her accomplished film family, including her daughter Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides (1999) and Marie Antoinette (2006).
—Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
Initially conceived as a project to chronicle Osbourne’s recovery and career bounce-back following a fall in his home in February 2019, No Escape From Now has since morphed into a posthumous opus that ends with the Back to the Beginning send-off in his hometown.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2025
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Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
Following Michelle Trachtenberg‘s death at age 39, Sarah Michelle Gellar is keeping her onscreen sister’s memory alive on her posthumous milestone birthday.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2025
Throughout the 215-page posthumous memoir, Eleanor details her experience on film sets while directing documentaries surrounding the works of her accomplished film family, including her daughter Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides (1999) and Marie Antoinette (2006).
—Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
Initially conceived as a project to chronicle Osbourne’s recovery and career bounce-back following a fall in his home in February 2019, No Escape From Now has since morphed into a posthumous opus that ends with the Back to the Beginning send-off in his hometown.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for posthumous
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How to Protect Your Luggage From Bed Bugs From delayed flights to lost luggage, travel is already anxiety-inducing enough without adding these pervasive pests to the mix.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Sep. 2025
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Sunday saw a delayed start and revamped schedule after a storm caused a shelter in place to be issued.—
Kirby Adams,
Louisville Courier Journal,
22 Sep. 2025
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In recent years, that has appeared in postmortem blood samples of drug users in Europe and the U.S.—
Brian Spegele,
WSJ,
22 Dec. 2022
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Beer and his colleagues analyzed postmortem brain tissue from 56 patients in southeastern Germany’s state of Bavaria between 1999 and 2019.—
Tanya Lewis,
Scientific American,
8 Jan. 2020
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“Posthumous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/posthumous. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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