postmortem

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The cells were obtained from adult postmortem eye tissue.

From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2025

His postmortem portraits, nearly 30 of which are reproduced in “The Harlem Book of the Dead,” are artistic assemblages that honor the dead and the community’s funerary traditions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

In the postmortem, there will always be someone like economist Roger Babson in September 1929 who will be able to say, “I told you so.”

From MarketWatch • Oct. 20, 2025

I didn’t find hope or inspiration within these pages — the book felt more like an obligatory postmortem with an already established conclusion.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2025

The house settled into an eerie postmortem quiet broken only by the hiss of gas lamps and the weary tick of clocks.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson