posterity
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The reason is that the sport’s fancy new automated ball-strike system couldn’t function without it—which means that the days of players embellishing their heights for posterity are officially over.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
When Deffand was asked to contribute her letters to Voltaire to a posthumous edition of his correspondence, she refused; she did not want to give posterity “any occasion for myself to be spoken of.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
There’s a stirring moment when Mikki frantically draws his memories of Iris and Arco on the wall of a cave for posterity.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025
Many of the photographed women look directly at the camera, conscious of their political activity being documented for posterity.
From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025
“Are you really as brave as you sound, or are you a little frightened? The truth, please. This is for posterity, remember.”
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
Vocabulary lists containing posterity
Preamble to the U.S. Constitution (1787)
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"On Women's Right to Vote" by Susan B. Anthony
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"Sonnet 55" by William Shakespeare
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