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as in immortality
unending existence after death hoping to join her deceased parents in the afterlife

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Recent Examples of afterlife To me, that is the afterlife of slavery, this pain and this proximity to death. Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 June 2025 Toward the end, Whitehurst has a crisis of faith, revealing that the scientists have programmed the android with some sense of belief in god and an afterlife. Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025 The Terracotta Army was created to protect Emperor Qin Shi Huang in the afterlife around 209 BCE. Francesca Aton For Artnews, Robb Report, 3 June 2025 Ed Gale has taken his final bow and is now headlining in the afterlife. Pat Saperstein, Variety, 28 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for afterlife
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Noun
  • Note: Watch Brielle Lubin in 2019, at age 14, discuss this issue.
    Glenn Llopis, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
  • The new warning label discloses the risk of myocarditis, which appeared in 8 cases per 1 million people who got the 2023-2024 COVID shots between the ages of 6 months and 64 years old, mostly commonly among males aged 12 to 24.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • Biggs’s audience has the same emotional bath, a bath that lays claim to immortality, that Christians have on Easter morning.
    Charlie Lee, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
  • And in the simple act of scaring people out of the water, Jaws achieved a kind of immortality that few movies ever do.
    Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
Noun
  • Adding to the litany of shabbiness is the fact that the company is in its twilight.
    Han Ong, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
  • In contrast, heading south, the duration of twilight is shorter.
    Joe Rao, Space.com, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • In a Monday evening update, the Idaho Department of Lands said the Nettleton Gulch fire was contained within 26 acres of land and that no structures were at risk.
    David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 1 July 2025
  • But, Monday’s Fantasy 5 evening draw numbers of 1, 5, 6, 20 and 23 were on tickets obtained at Miami’s Elizabeth Market, 1386 NW 29th St., and the Publix at Hillsboro Square, 150 S. Federal Hwy., in Deerfield Beach.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • Norris said law enforcement received a 911 call Sunday afternoon about a brush fire and were notified a short time later that firefighters were taking gunfire.
    Olivia Munson, USA Today, 1 July 2025
  • Both are being held without bond in Frederick County, with bail reviews scheduled for Tuesday afternoon.
    Racquel Bazos, Baltimore Sun, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • If brighter colors just aren’t your thing, these hues (which are usually associated with autumn) will make warm-weather dressing so much easier.
    Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 24 June 2025
  • Flowers are followed by blue-black berries in autumn when the leaves turn a clear yellow.
    Judy Nauseef, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 June 2025

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“Afterlife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/afterlife. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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