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
However, the ongoing release of documents by the US government as well as the posthumous memoir of his accuser Virginia Giuffre ignited a firestorm of fresh scrutiny.
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Kara Fox, CNN Money, 23 Dec. 2025
The 25-song mixtape features contributions by A$AP Rocky, Kehlani, French Montana, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, and others, as well as a posthumous contribution from the late New York rapper Chinx.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 22 Dec. 2025
Scrutiny of Andrew intensified after the publication of her posthumous memoir.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 21 Dec. 2025
Within weeks of her posthumous memoir’s release in October, King Charles III stripped Andrew of his titles and evicted him from his royal residence.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 20 Dec. 2025
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Kara Fox, CNN Money, 23 Dec. 2025
The 25-song mixtape features contributions by A$AP Rocky, Kehlani, French Montana, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, and others, as well as a posthumous contribution from the late New York rapper Chinx.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 22 Dec. 2025
Scrutiny of Andrew intensified after the publication of her posthumous memoir.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 21 Dec. 2025
Within weeks of her posthumous memoir’s release in October, King Charles III stripped Andrew of his titles and evicted him from his royal residence.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 20 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for posthumous
Adjective
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And when sunrise was artificially delayed by three hours, the rate of the finches' singing intensified and commenced sooner compared with non-delayed sunrises.—
Michele Laufik,
Martha Stewart,
31 Dec. 2025
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Identity data from incidents like this is frequently reused later for delayed fraud.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
20 Dec. 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 15 Jan. 2026.
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