postlude

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Recent Examples of postlude The event is led by Bob Lundy and Elizabeth Yahn Williams with preludes and postludes of pianist Andrew Wong and assisted by artist Marion Wong, illustrator of the HAÏKU for an Artist series. San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2019 The dance now continues and switches gears as sound bites of Ailey and of Mr. Harris present a postlude suggesting them in conversation. Robert Greskovic, WSJ, 12 Dec. 2018 Make a very long weekend of your trip to the Berkshires with three Boston Symphony concerts and, as a postlude on Monday, an evening with the young players of the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra. New York Times, 12 July 2018 The 14 songs that made up Wednesday’s program were grouped in three sets, with an introduction and postlude, collectively exploring mortal interaction with the gods, the Orestes myth and the deities themselves. John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 7 Sep. 2017 Perhaps the best thing to do with GWTW is to ask anyone who shows the film to put together a prelude or postlude — or maybe a little presentation for the intermission that is usually provided — that interrogates the film’s presentation of history. Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 30 Aug. 2017 The six postlude concerts next season will be played by Peter Richard Conte. Peter Dobrin, Philly.com, 7 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for postlude
Noun
  • As the sweetly melodic ballad tapers, a gentle beat kicks in and Carey vocalizes words of religious praise over a syncopated coda for the last two minutes, her five-octave voice punctuating her patented melismatic style.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Stephen Daw: This, to me, feels like a coda for the Mayhem era, a little musical (and cinematic) motif to celebrate this particularly excellent album year that she’s found herself in.
    Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Yet Lupino brings such intensity and anger to her performance that the film’s register shifts into something far darker — so dark, in fact, that a prologue and epilogue Jack Warner insisted be added to make the movie more glamorous focus on a suicide attempt!
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The series eventually included a film as well as a limited series meant to be an epilogue.
    Mikelle Street, Them., 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Democrats has cast the appendix to his book as something of an enemies list, as Patel had previously said those listed should be investigated.
    The Hill Staff, The Hill, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Publish the attestation and reference architecture where buyers will actually see it (security questionnaire, RFP appendix).
    Jagbir Kaur, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • What happened on the season finale of 'Big Brother 27'?
    David Wysong, Cincinnati Enquirer, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Another plot thread to look forward to is that of Schumacher’s Yancy Grey’s wife’s surprise arrival in Ransom Canyon in the Season 1 finale.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Postlude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postlude. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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