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coda

noun

Definition of coda

as in epilogue

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Recent Examples of coda 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 The story of Grand Illusion has a coda that Captain de Boeldieu and Captain Von Ruffenstein might have appreciated. — Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2026 Dream Me a Dream serves as a coda to Dance of Love, the 2024 album that introduced cult singer/songwriter Tucker Zimmerman to a wider audience thanks to an assist from Big Thief, who served as his supporting band. — Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Pitchfork, 22 June 2026 Then Asher offers a hilarious coda to Lennon's recollection. — Jeremy Helligar, PEOPLE, 20 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for coda

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Noun

In any case, the epilogue sticks the landing and allows audiences to leave the theater feeling riled up rather than hopeless.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2026
Even if the movie gets a bit crazy in an apocalyptic epilogue, its picture of bourgeois smugness due for a takedown is delicious.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 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

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Ella Bruccoleri returns as the awkward Mary Bennet opposite Dónal Finn as Tom Hayward, who proposed in the Season 1 finale – with Mary accepting.

— K.J. Yossman, Variety, 19 Sep. 2026
Baltimore missed last season’s playoffs when its field goal missed in the season finale, circumstances that might have been avoided had the Ravens not started 1-5.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of finale

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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
Godlike, which was reissued last month by NYRB Classics with a new afterword by Raymond Foye, was originally published in 2005.

— Jarrett Earnest, The New York Review of Books, 11 Mar. 2026

Definition of afterword

Noun

The 100-page report, along with appendices, contains no major revelations but some new details about charges that were filed, as well as leads investigators were pursuing that did not result in criminal charges.

— Paul Egan, Freep.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Aside from taking antibiotics, removal of the appendix via surgery is the most common treatment.

— Edward Segarra, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026

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