postscript

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Recent Examples of postscript But his impressive catch-up sprint behind Gibson will be a postscript to this highlight. Steve Buckley, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025 And there’s a little postscript. Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025 Come to find out, Daniel has been quoting a sentence from the resulting column to audiences for 33 years, and I am honored to be a postscript to an addendum to a footnote of an incident with such impact. Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 6 Sep. 2025 In the new edition, Bauer found an unexpected postscript to the story, thanks to newer digital newspaper archives. Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 6 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for postscript
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Noun
  • This show used to be jagged and messy and unpredictable, a true satire of superhero stories, but this epilogue wouldn’t feel out of place in a Marvel movie.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 20 May 2026
  • After finishing the 44-year-old Carano with a ferocity that evoked her famous heyday, the 39-year-old Rousey reaffirmed that this was only the epilogue on her historic MMA career.
    CBS News, CBS News, 17 May 2026
Noun
  • Many of his later programs have been capped by a coda in which the tricks of the trade are laid bare—no trick being more vital than that of extreme patience, with camera operators waiting days, or even weeks, for the right cub, or pup, or fledgling, or froglet, to show up.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
  • And an unnecessary coda that comes after the curtain call never should have made it out of rehearsals.
    Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • In the aftermath of the attack, Tom Wheeler (Chris Mulkey) offered to take Tate to Texas to go fishing, which sounded like a reprieve to Kayce, who agreed.
    Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 25 May 2026
  • Nothing is included that does not relate to its build-up, execution, or aftermath.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 May 2026
Noun
  • That anticlimax proved enduring motivation for son Clark, now the chairman of the Chiefs.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2026
  • Clark’s final line (20 points on 7-of-18 shooting, seven assists, five turnovers) and the final score made for a bit of an anticlimax.
    Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 9 May 2026

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“Postscript.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postscript. Accessed 27 May. 2026.

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