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coda

noun

Definition of coda

as in epilogue

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Recent Examples of coda Even Deramas himself makes an appearance near the film’s coda, in which the director bristles at Ina for interrupting his shooting set. — Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2026 Although much of it feels like a coda to Endgame, Far From Home manages to chart out some fascinating future possibilities for the MCU. — Ew Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026 But Ray provided a fitting coda to his two-plus seasons as a Giant, plus a solid audition that might have boosted the club’s asking price. — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 31 July 2026 This is not the professional coda that Fauci’s half century in government once seemed to be heading toward. — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for coda

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Noun

Whalefall once ended with the latter rescue scene, at least until test screenings convinced 20th Century to champion an epilogue offering a sense of family closure.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026
Kubrick, who had always had misgivings about the scene but kept it in after his daughter Vivian advocated for it, decided to remove the epilogue after the first few days of exhibition.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of epilogue

Noun

The event is led by Bob Lundy and Elizabeth Yahn Williams with preludes and postludes of pianist Andrew Wong and assisted by artist Marion Wong, illustrator of the HAÏKU for an Artist series.

— San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2019
Make a very long weekend of your trip to the Berkshires with three Boston Symphony concerts and, as a postlude on Monday, an evening with the young players of the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra.

— New York Times, New York Times, 12 July 2018

Definition of postlude

Noun

Sonny Rollins, who died the month before the volume came out, and Kurt Elling contribute forewords and afterwords.

— Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
The book ends with an afterword in which Wong remembers his own childhood move from Hong Kong to Canada.

— Caroline Carlson, Literary Hub, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of afterword

Noun

Moreover, in the book’s appendices, King rates Mahomes the fourth-best quarterback in pro football history behind Brady, Otto Graham and Montana.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2026
Nothing stops someone in a hurry from pasting a payroll appendix into a public chatbot for a summary.

— Ethan Pham, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

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