postscript

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Recent Examples of postscript 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 His finger jabs on the second-to-last page, at the postscript. Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for postscript
Recent Examples of Synonyms for postscript
Noun
  • The record is intended as something like an epilogue to his 2024 album Atlas of Green, which told the story of a musician named Green from the distant future.
    Colin Joyce, Pitchfork, 28 Jan. 2026
  • By the closing epilogue of the MM romance novel, the author must figure out how to create honest stakes for a gay couple in an overwhelmingly heteronormative context that threatens the heroes with societal subjugation and maybe even physical punishment.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • But the surprising climax, plus an amusing coda, brings it all home.
    Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The result is an improbable collaboration that produced an insightful examination and worthy coda to a remarkable career.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Some people posted the aftermath on social media that showed boxes of fireworks littered across the street with flames still active.
    Tori Apodaca, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Madigan received the event's Best Supporting Actress award for her role as the antagonist Aunt Gladys in Weapons, which follows several characters in the aftermath of the mysterious disappearance of several elementary school students from their homes overnight.
    Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 26 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • In each of these hunts, the anticlimax of the stalk is tempered by awe at the animal’s anatomy.
    Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 11 Dec. 2025
  • And so the moment collapses into anticlimax.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025

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“Postscript.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postscript. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.

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