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posthumously
[pos-chuh-muhs-lee, -choo-]
adverb
after a person’s death, typically the death of the author or other artist.
The sculpture, designed in 1967 by American artist Tony Smith, was exhibited posthumously.
Word History and Origins
Origin of posthumously1
Example Sentences
The Vatican also posthumously recognised an eighth bishop who died the year before.
In Emmy history, 33 actors — 22 men and 11 women — have been posthumously nominated.
Pete Rose was posthumously removed from Major League Baseball’s permanently ineligible list Tuesday, making the all-time hits leader eligible for induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Selena posthumously went on to become the global superstar she was always meant to be.
As we posthumously canonize David Lynch, it might be tempting to assume he came out of the womb the supremely confident, eccentric auteur the world became enthralled by in the 1980s and ’90s.
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