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epilogue

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


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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 epilogue is particularly powerful, opening with Crenshaw visiting Selma, Ala., in 2025 for the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 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

The arresting arrival of spiritual transformation arrives in the epilogue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 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

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

Nonetheless it’s worth getting all the way through; the book includes clever little notes, sidebars, apologies and epilogues that will keep you in stitches.

From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2017

Authors who were on friendly terms with the actors, or had reason to be grateful to them, frequently gave them short pieces or wrote special epilogues for their benefits.

From A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character by Dutton Cook




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