posterity

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Videos on social media and YouTube show people tagging empty storefronts, skateboarding or riding bicycles indoors and urban explorers touring the abandoned spaces for posterity or to look for signs of paranormal activity.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 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

“It gives us a sense of how Elizabethans recorded music for posterity; how they could relive a musical experience.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

"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 • Nov. 14, 2025

Asked to pose for posterity, he chose to go out hurling it a challenge.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis