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
If the well-being of American posterity dictates our policy decisions, fixing this problem should be our first step.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026
But praise was poured upon the humble pint's place in the nation's history, cultural life and language, and the government moved to ensure the measurement was preserved for posterity.
From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025
The audience was breathless not only with excitement but with phone activity recording the encounter for digital posterity.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025
Stamitz, who was born 120 kilometres from Prague and baptised Jan Stamic, has probably the greatest claim to being the inventor of the symphony as we know it, though posterity has largely forgotten him nonetheless.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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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