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

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

Many of the photographed women look directly at the camera, conscious of their political activity being documented for posterity.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025

President Emmanuel Macron inside the Pantheon said Badinter's voice would ring out in posterity.

From Barron's • Oct. 9, 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