posterity
Example Sentences
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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
The audience was breathless not only with excitement but with phone activity recording the encounter for digital posterity.
From Los Angeles Times
Many of the photographed women look directly at the camera, conscious of their political activity being documented for posterity.
From BBC
"That's the nice thing about research results – it might happen in five, 150, 500 years time. This research is there for posterity and I'm confident that smart people will use them in the future."
From BBC
Predicting posterity is impossible, but “The Wayfinder” is this kind of work, modern and mythological.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
