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afterlife

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


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The track, The Shadowy Light, paired her unmistakable voice with a cross-cultural ensemble, its imagery of a boatman guiding a soul across unknown waters reflecting on death and the afterlife.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

Objects placed alongside the dead, including stone tools, animal bones, and pieces of ochre, may also hint at early beliefs about an afterlife.

From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026

An expansive exhibition focuses on the Japanese warriors—from their rise as masters of warfare to their domestication as part of the civil service and landed gentry—as well as their long cultural afterlife.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

Poor Sylvia Plath has found little rest in the afterlife.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026

If this was the afterlife, it was pretty disappointing.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda




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