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epilogue

[ep-uh-lawg, -log] / ˈɛp əˌlɔg, -ˌlɒg /


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Up All Night‘s” epilogue considers the post-pandemic remnants of the glamorous, somewhat gluttonous eves of yore and the effects that smartphones, social media and streaming have had on the art of going out.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

The book’s epilogue, “Ten Lessons in Prediction,” focuses on the merits of avoiding prediction when possible, rather than how to use it better.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 21, 2026

And you can expect more such details to surface as we finally get the Succession epilogue its fans have pined for, with a Tom Wambsgans type in charge.

From Slate Feb. 4, 2026

The novel is divided into 15 books as well as an epilogue, which itself is split into two parts.

From BBC Nov. 14, 2025

My comparison of the histories of China, the Indian subcontinent, and Europe in the epilogue of GGS suggested an answer to this question as applied to technological innovation in whole countries.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

There are eight books in the series, plus a book of epilogues with a short story called “The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After.”

From Seattle Times Apr. 6, 2022

But this one isn’t quite up to the standards established by the Police Squad! epilogues, not least because Saturday Night Live didn’t bother to dress a chimpanzee up in a suit and tie:

From Slate Dec. 8, 2019

From there, the show quickly downshifted into a mix of baffling and fan-servicing epilogues.

From Los Angeles Times May 20, 2019

Some of the dead, such as Orion, “that huge hunter,” who keeps up his chase on the shadow world’s fields, undergo fates that seem like dim epilogues of their lives.

From The New Yorker Jan. 14, 2019

Preambles and epilogues issued at the time of the first proclamation were taken from passages of the Chinese classics, and there are many phrases in the text itself which plainly betray their Chinese origin.

From An Introduction to the History of Japan by Katsuro Hara




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