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afterlife

[af-ter-lahyf, ahf-] / ˈæf tərˌlaɪf, ˈɑf- /


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The cost is the pain of knowledge, but the benefit is a humane and moving vision of the world and the afterlife.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Instead of crossing over into the afterlife, Billy, the magically inclined twin, transferred his soul into the body of William Kaplan, a teenager who had just been involved in a fatal car crash.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

Like your friend, they will tell themselves that they will get around to it, but the afterlife can catch up to them first.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

The deeper lesson, though, is that a constitutional right’s popular origins do not guarantee a democratic afterlife.

From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026

“Do you believe in an afterlife? Nick, do Jewish people believe in heaven?”

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli


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