postseason
noun
post·sea·son
ˈpōs(t)-ˌsē-zᵊn 
plural postseasons
US, sports
: a period of time immediately after the regular season when teams play against each other in a series of games to determine a champion
NFL fans have been complaining that the 2016 postseason is the worst in history.—
Michael Salfino
Michael SalfinoThe teams will face each other in the postseason.
—often used before another nouna postseason game/victory
their postseason record
Examples of postseason in a Sentence
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The team has missed the playoffs in each of the last six seasons, the longest postseason drought in franchise history.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
His skills give the Hornets a glimmer of hope that maybe the future will be filled with more rainbows following all the stormy times over the last eight years during the NBA’s longest postseason drought.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 7 May 2024
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
His skills give the Hornets a glimmer of hope that maybe the future will be filled with more rainbows following all the stormy times over the last eight years during the NBA’s longest postseason drought.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 7 May 2024
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“Postseason.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postseason. Accessed 10 May. 2024.
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