as in offspring
the descendants of a person, animal, or plant an association for people who have claims for being the posterity of Thomas Jefferson

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Recent Examples of posterity As a lecturer at the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering on the Indiana University Indianapolis campus, Powers teaches classes on video game history and creature design and spearheads efforts to preserve the best video games for posterity. Holly V. Hays, IndyStar, 2 July 2025 Meanwhile, Osbourne, 76, encouraged fans to create Ozzy dupes for posterity. Marina Watts, People.com, 1 July 2025 And the film has stood the test of time, capturing the essence of America's early space program for posterity. ArsTechnica, 29 June 2025 Luiz likens her work to digging through trash to get a fuller picture of what life used to be like, then documenting that for posterity. Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 20 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for posterity
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offspring
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  • Fans got a glimpse at the duo's to-wear-or-not-to-wear banter on Instagram when the Padma's All American author attempted to police her offspring's low-rise jeans by finding any solution to keep them hung on her hips.
    Michelle Lee, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The resulting hybrid offspring won’t resemble their parent plants, so saving seeds for next year won’t be possible.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025

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

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