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
Dennis Hubert, a sophomore divinity school student, received the posthumous degree from Morehouse College, a historically Black college in Atlanta, on Sunday, May 18, CNN and FOX affiliate WAGA reported.
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Sam Gillette, People.com, 27 May 2025
In doing so, fans made Keith one of a select few artists to earn a posthumous chart-topper on that tally.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
Essentially, Eve needed her visible source of vengeance à la John Wick’s murder of John’s cherished puppy, Daisy, which was a posthumous gift from his late wife.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 6 June 2025
Jack Johnson President Trump granted a rare posthumous pardon to boxing’s first Black heavyweight champion on May 24, 2018, clearing Johnson’s name more than 100 years after what many see as his racist conviction.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
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Sam Gillette, People.com, 27 May 2025
In doing so, fans made Keith one of a select few artists to earn a posthumous chart-topper on that tally.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
Essentially, Eve needed her visible source of vengeance à la John Wick’s murder of John’s cherished puppy, Daisy, which was a posthumous gift from his late wife.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 6 June 2025
Jack Johnson President Trump granted a rare posthumous pardon to boxing’s first Black heavyweight champion on May 24, 2018, clearing Johnson’s name more than 100 years after what many see as his racist conviction.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for posthumous
postmortem
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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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The vertical occipital fasciculus, or VOF, is identified in a postmortem human brain in 1909, but labeled with a different name.—
Jenny Blair,
Discover Magazine,
1 Oct. 2015
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“Posthumous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/posthumous. Accessed 26 Jun. 2025.
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