as in appendix
a part added at the end of a book or periodical the author included an afterword about developments in cancer treatment since the book was written

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Recent Examples of afterword Reviewed: Instead of a Letter by Diana Athill, with an afterword by Lena Dunham New York Review Books, 232 pp., $16.95 (paper) Vivian Gornick Vivian Gornick is the author, most recently, of Taking a Long Look: Essays on Culture, Literature, and Feminism in Our Time. Vivian Gornick, The New York Review of Books, 27 Feb. 2025 Thrilled to Death collects a career-spanning selection of her short stories starting from the early ’90s, with an afterword by Lucy Sante. Vulture Editors, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025 Venuti, in his afterword, points out that parts of the novel can be read as a critique of Fascist machismo. Christopher Tayler, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025 This essay is adapted from the afterword to the forthcoming paperback edition of his latest book, On China (Penguin, 2012). Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2012 See All Example Sentences for afterword
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appendix
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  • Their analysis, which includes seven figures, thirteen tables, six appendices, and nearly 25,000 words, revealed three main findings.
    Ge Bai, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • In a heartfelt Instagram post, the conservationist revealed the removal of 51 endometriosis lesions, a chocolate cyst, her appendix, and repair of a hernia from childbirth.
    Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2025

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“Afterword.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/afterword. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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