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
The presentation traces Kahlo’s posthumous transformation from relatively unknown painter to global brand.
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
The university awarded the men posthumous degrees in 2012.
—Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Questlove talked about possible posthumous D’Angelo music coming.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2026
What followed was one of the largest posthumous criminal scandals in modern history.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 21 Jan. 2026
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
The university awarded the men posthumous degrees in 2012.
—Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Questlove talked about possible posthumous D’Angelo music coming.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2026
What followed was one of the largest posthumous criminal scandals in modern history.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 21 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for posthumous
Adjective
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The same happened on Artemis 1, a delayed but ultimately successful uncrewed mission to lunar orbit that flew in late 2022.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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The delayed and low-key nature of that April news conference would make for a stark contrast with the unveiling of another round of immigration legislation just 10 months later.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
8 Feb. 2026
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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 23 Feb. 2026.
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