as in delayed
occurring after one's death
the soldier was awarded a posthumous medal for valor
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Recent Examples of posthumous
After learning of her death, Washington State University awarded Hall a posthumous bachelor’s degree.
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Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
But the book is not an exercise in posthumous punishment for irresponsible parenting.
—Kristen Kidd, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025
Built from a set of notes left on her desk, this posthumous work lends itself particularly well to narrator Julianne Moore’s delicate twang.
—Audiofile Magazine
august 29, Literary Hub, 29 Aug. 2025
This year’s inductees include Spanish singer-songwriter Enrique Bunbury; Colombian musician, songwriter and producer Andrés Castro; prolific Cuban songwriter Jorge Luis Piloto; Argentine pianist, composer, and conductor Lalo Schifrin (posthumous); and Mexican songwriter Mónica Vélez.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 27 Aug. 2025
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Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
But the book is not an exercise in posthumous punishment for irresponsible parenting.
—Kristen Kidd, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025
Built from a set of notes left on her desk, this posthumous work lends itself particularly well to narrator Julianne Moore’s delicate twang.
—Audiofile Magazine
august 29, Literary Hub, 29 Aug. 2025
This year’s inductees include Spanish singer-songwriter Enrique Bunbury; Colombian musician, songwriter and producer Andrés Castro; prolific Cuban songwriter Jorge Luis Piloto; Argentine pianist, composer, and conductor Lalo Schifrin (posthumous); and Mexican songwriter Mónica Vélez.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for posthumous
Adjective
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Factors such as the co-owner Cary Heizenrader's death contritubed to the delayed opening.—
Bahar Anooshahr,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The atypical symptoms can lead to delayed or incorrect diagnosis.—
Health,
Health,
16 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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In recent years, that has appeared in postmortem blood samples of drug users in Europe and the U.S.—
Brian Spegele,
WSJ,
22 Dec. 2022
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Beer and his colleagues analyzed postmortem brain tissue from 56 patients in southeastern Germany’s state of Bavaria between 1999 and 2019.—
Tanya Lewis,
Scientific American,
8 Jan. 2020
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“Posthumous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/posthumous. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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