posterity
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Like Queen Victoria, Zadie Smith and many others, she had concluded that posterity would be better served without her full diary than with it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 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
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
"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
“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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