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postscript

[pohst-skript, pohs-] / ˈpoʊstˌskrɪpt, ˈpoʊs- /


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In a postscript, Mr. Bailey calls “Muriel Spark” a “roadmap of Spark’s life” to which he referred frequently in writing his own book.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

In a postscript to a later edition of his book “The Intelligent Investor,” Graham reflected on the debt his lifetime track record owed to just one company — Geico.

From MarketWatch Jun. 17, 2026

The controversy around Ms Dzafce is a postscript to a chaotic Miss Universe pageant hosted in Thailand that had been hounded by walkouts and allegations of rigging.

From BBC Dec. 16, 2025

Still, in the book’s postscript, McMaster hopes “that young people who have persevered through these pages will conclude that, even under challenging circumstances, there are tremendous rewards associated with service under any administration.”

From Slate Sep. 2, 2024

“The one who wrote the postscript seems to be a friend of yours. What have you written him?”

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

The solution: Add individual postscripts about the characters, a series of them, interspersed with the credits at the end.

From Seattle Times Aug. 26, 2022

But the track’s last spoken-word postscripts are grown-up and businesslike; they involve copyrights.

From New York Times Apr. 23, 2021

Crisis comes when Pearson falls in love with Baffin’s daughter, Julian, in a thicket-like narrative that presents itself as a story within a story, complete with postscripts from the leading players.

From The Guardian Jul. 13, 2019

Forewords, prefaces and afterwords rank squarely among literature’s stepchildren — above marginalia and non-David Foster Wallace footnotes perhaps but below prologues and postscripts.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 11, 2019

Amy’s face was full of trouble, but she only said, “Don’t people put sort of postscripts to their wills, sometimes?”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott




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