Synonyms for posterity

Synonyms

Examples of posterity in a Sentence

Her broad aim is to reconcile the image of Johnson—the clubbable man, loved by posterity as well as by his contemporaries—and the man racked by disease and tormented by his fear of madness. — Frank Kermode, New York Review of Books, 22 June 2006 Posterity looks for hooks to hang old reputations on … — John Updike, New York Review of Books, 15 July 2004 The restructuring of the New York Yankees began five days after that broken-bat bloop by Luis Gonzalez parachuted to posterity behind second base, clinching the World Series for the Arizona Diamondbacks and breaking the Yankees' run of three titles. — Tom Verducci, Sports Illustrated, 24-31 Dec. 2001 It was puzzling to own trees—they were not owned the way a business is owned or even a house is owned. If anything, they were held in trust. In trust. Yes, for all of posterity, beginning with Merry and her kids. — Philip Roth, American Pastoral, 1997 Posterity will remember her as a woman of courage and integrity. A record of the events was preserved for posterity. The truth about what happened will be known to posterity.

Recent Examples on the Web Although the album fails to manufacture another moment, and the group’s tricky combinations continue to bring diminishing returns, the music is occasionally emboldened by a resolve to, at least, measure the Migos cultural footprint for posterity. — Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 15 June 2021 This was likely the first time the letter had seen the light of day since Monroe filed it away for posterity. — Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 21 June 2021 Documentaries about the Monterey Pop festival and Woodstock canonized those events for posterity. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2021 Little about the game that night in January 1980 felt worthy of posterity. — Chris Ballard, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2021 Today’s leaders have to act with the ambition of offering those who come after us the prospect of posterity which, at the moment, is sadly reserved for a privileged few. — World Economic Forum, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021 In making this case, Douglass emphasized that Lincoln himself undertook the work of constitutional preservation not for the sake of momentary popularity, but for the sake of posterity. — Adam J. White, National Review, 24 Nov. 2020 However, redressing that imbalance should not come at the expense of the core mission of museums, which is to acquire objects for the sake of posterity. — Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2020 That would be the great Baltimore tradition where drunken InfieldFest attendees galloped across the tops of portable toilets while onlookers pelted them with full cans of beer, and of course, filmed it for all posterity. — Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 13 May 2021

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