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posthumous

[pos-chuh-muhs, -choo-] / ˈpɒs tʃə məs, -tʃʊ- /
ADJECTIVE
after death
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Rob Reiner earned a posthumous Emmy nomination for his guest role as restaurant consultant Albert Schnurr in ‘The Bear’ Season 4.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

Playing out on an operatic scale, and featuring a revelatory posthumous performance from Heath Ledger as the Joker, the film grossed over a billion dollars worldwide.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

He is expected to make posthumous appearances in Godzilla x Kong: Supernova and The Last Resort in 2027.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

Yes, you can structure a trust that gives an independent trustee quite a lot of discretion over posthumous distributions.

From MarketWatch Jun. 23, 2026

All day long, she realized, she had been feeling strange, and seeing strangely, as though everything was already long in the past, made more vivid by posthumous ironies she could not quite grasp.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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