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occurring after one's death
- the soldier was awarded a posthumous medal for valor
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- antemortem
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“Posthumous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/posthumous. Accessed 22 Sep. 2020.
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The first known use of posthumous was in 1608
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