posterity

Example Sentences

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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

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

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 • Dec. 22, 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