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
With the band confirming Lingberg had already finished recording vocals for their new record, the next At The Gates LP will be a posthumous release for the legendary metal vocalist.
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Quentin Thane Singer, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
In 2022, his son was killed fighting in the Sparta Battalion, an anti-Ukrainian militia in the Donetsk Republic, and shortly afterward, Putin met with Zhoga to award his son a posthumous Hero of the Russian Federation medal.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2025
The same year that Zipf secured his measure of posthumous fame, Harvard’s football team bumbled its way to a 1-8 record.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Another posthumous Lynch pic is Legend of the Happy Worker, which debuted last month at Locarno.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
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Quentin Thane Singer, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
In 2022, his son was killed fighting in the Sparta Battalion, an anti-Ukrainian militia in the Donetsk Republic, and shortly afterward, Putin met with Zhoga to award his son a posthumous Hero of the Russian Federation medal.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2025
The same year that Zipf secured his measure of posthumous fame, Harvard’s football team bumbled its way to a 1-8 record.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Another posthumous Lynch pic is Legend of the Happy Worker, which debuted last month at Locarno.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for posthumous
Adjective
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How to Protect Your Luggage From Bed Bugs From delayed flights to lost luggage, travel is already anxiety-inducing enough without adding these pervasive pests to the mix.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Sep. 2025
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Sunday saw a delayed start and revamped schedule after a storm caused a shelter in place to be issued.—
Kirby Adams,
Louisville Courier Journal,
22 Sep. 2025
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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 7 Oct. 2025.
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