posthumous
Example Sentences
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When Deffand was asked to contribute her letters to Voltaire to a posthumous edition of his correspondence, she refused; she did not want to give posterity “any occasion for myself to be spoken of.”
These are collected in her posthumous “Inhabit the Poem: Last Essays.”
At the time, they did not request a posthumous honour.
From BBC
Buffett’s epic posthumous hat tip to Munger is a poignant act from an extraordinary man, one that will forever be remembered as the swan song of a legend.
From Barron's
“Disinheritance” is the second posthumous selection of her short stories, following “At the End of the Century,” from 2018.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
