postgame
adjective
post·game
ˌpōst-ˈgām 
: occurring after a game
postgame interviews
postgame analysis
Fans who go to the games and postgame parties certainly have a good time.—
Paul Zimmerman
Paul Zimmerman
Examples of postgame in a Sentence
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The play took on extra significance when it was revealed overnight that Dantonio had suffered a postgame heart attack.
—Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 1 June 2020
Managers often call postgame meetings after a horrible loss or a series of defeats.
—Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 24 May 2020
The Detroit Pistons point guard typically exits the locker room at Little Caesars Arena before reporters conclude postgame sessions with coach Dwane Casey.
—Vince Ellis, Detroit Free Press, 17 Jan. 2020
Howard's final act of the night: Passing the microphone as Teske and Simpson, his first two seniors, gave their postgame speeches.
—Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 6 Mar. 2020
Sunday’s setback — filled with dropped passes and botched field goals and missed opportunities and more postgame agitation — was the Bears’ fifth loss in their last six games.
—Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 18 Nov. 2019
That made Waddle a happy guy in those postgame moments with high school buddies.
—Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 13 Oct. 2019
Fox News sent its foreign affairs correspondent Greg Palkot to a Lyon sports bar to report on the World Cup final’s postgame scene, and the fans — knowing that reporter was from Fox News — had their own message for the network’s live shot.
—Andrew Joseph, For The Win, 7 July 2019
Seattle options RHP Matt Festa and RHP Erik Swanson to Tacoma (postgame April 11).
—Seattle Times Sports Staff, The Seattle Times, 13 Apr. 2019
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Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 1 June 2020
Managers often call postgame meetings after a horrible loss or a series of defeats.
—Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 24 May 2020
The Detroit Pistons point guard typically exits the locker room at Little Caesars Arena before reporters conclude postgame sessions with coach Dwane Casey.
—Vince Ellis, Detroit Free Press, 17 Jan. 2020
Howard's final act of the night: Passing the microphone as Teske and Simpson, his first two seniors, gave their postgame speeches.
—Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 6 Mar. 2020
Sunday’s setback — filled with dropped passes and botched field goals and missed opportunities and more postgame agitation — was the Bears’ fifth loss in their last six games.
—Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 18 Nov. 2019
That made Waddle a happy guy in those postgame moments with high school buddies.
—Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 13 Oct. 2019
Fox News sent its foreign affairs correspondent Greg Palkot to a Lyon sports bar to report on the World Cup final’s postgame scene, and the fans — knowing that reporter was from Fox News — had their own message for the network’s live shot.
—Andrew Joseph, For The Win, 7 July 2019
Seattle options RHP Matt Festa and RHP Erik Swanson to Tacoma (postgame April 11).
—Seattle Times Sports Staff, The Seattle Times, 13 Apr. 2019
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Word History
First Known Use
1902, in the meaning defined above
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“Postgame.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postgame. Accessed 30 Sep. 2023.
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