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afterword

[af-ter-wurd, ahf-] / ˈæf tərˌwɜrd, ˈɑf- /


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You also write in the afterword about leaving Gaza and going to Lebanon, only to find the war following you there.

From Slate • Sep. 22, 2025

To fill in for the debate’s abysmal silences, here are a few quotes from the afterword about the ongoing carnage:

From Salon • Sep. 11, 2024

Scherzer faced hitters on Friday in a workout the day before Game 1, but he said afterword he’d need to see how his body recovers.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 7, 2023

McCormick’s story is further explained by John W. Troutman, the editor of “Biography of a Phantom,” in a preface and afterword.

From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2023

Michael Frayn, in an afterword to his play Copenhagen, notes that several words in German–Unsicherheit, Unschärfe, Unbestimmtheit–have been used by various translators, but that none quite equates to the English uncertainty.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson