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afterworld

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Recent Examples of afterworld Constructed as an intergenerational visitation, the brothers’ reunion hits a rich vein of intimacy, elevated by a mysterious tone of faith and the afterworld. — Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 20 May 2025 Nearly 2000 years ago, the empire of Teotihuacan in Mesoamerica embraced the symbolic centrality of snakes in creation myths, both revered and feared for their ability to traverse the boundaries between the natural world and the afterworld. — Stephen S. Hall, Time, 21 Apr. 2025 If my father's spirit wants to talk to me from the afterworld, then his spirit will have to be the one that reaches out. — Ew Staff, EW.com, 2 Feb. 2023 For example, such possessions might have been buried with an individual for use in the afterworld. — Amber Dance, Discover Magazine, 25 June 2020 See All Example Sentences for afterworld

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The extended cut features 16 minutes of additional footage and mind-bending new scares from the corporate otherworld.

— Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 3 July 2026
The map, as a window into an exotic otherworld and a symbol of Habsburg might, had become an independent reality, even though Tenochtitlan itself had been reduced to rubble — or rather precisely because of it.

— Big Think, Big Think, 1 Apr. 2026

Definition of otherworld

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The Value of Cooking The act of cooking the food is also considered an important ritual during Dia de los Muertos as a way of calling in or inviting your ancestors to make the journey from the afterlife to join with family still living human life.

— Zayda Rivera, Parents, 29 Oct. 2026
Drawing on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, Jackson Wiederhoeft’s fall 2023 collection imagined a subversive afterlife in which the heroine refuses to be rescued from the Underworld.

— Livia Caligor, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026

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Scientists today are still working on others, such as immortality.

— The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 28 Oct. 2026
The 20-year-old Italian prodigy and Mercedes driver could achieve Formula 1 immortality Sunday by becoming the youngest world champion in history at the United States Grand Prix in Texas.

— Sahil Kapur, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026

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