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postscript

[pohst-skript, pohs-] / ˈpoʊstˌskrɪpt, ˈpoʊs- /


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In a bitter postscript, the mansion burned to rubble in last year’s Southern California wildfires.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

In a postscript to a later edition of his book “The Intelligent Investor,” Graham reflected on the debt his lifetime track record owed to just one company — Geico.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026

Rowling said that moment had "a postscript that hurt far more than the speech itself", when Watson sent a note, despite having her phone number.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2025

Still, in the book’s postscript, McMaster hopes “that young people who have persevered through these pages will conclude that, even under challenging circumstances, there are tremendous rewards associated with service under any administration.”

From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2024

He unfolded the parchment and hastily added a postscript.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

The solution: Add individual postscripts about the characters, a series of them, interspersed with the credits at the end.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 26, 2022

But the track’s last spoken-word postscripts are grown-up and businesslike; they involve copyrights.

From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2021

Crisis comes when Pearson falls in love with Baffin’s daughter, Julian, in a thicket-like narrative that presents itself as a story within a story, complete with postscripts from the leading players.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 13, 2019

On her second album, the Nashville-based Lunsford rarely rests, kicking off the first couple of cuts and punctuating others with wordless but entertaining postscripts.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 28, 2016

Amy’s face was full of trouble, but she only said, “Don’t people put sort of postscripts to their wills, sometimes?”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott


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