as in offspring
the descendants of a person, animal, or plant
an association for people who have claims for being the posterity of Thomas Jefferson
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Was this originally a document for posterity, your daughter?
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Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2025
Clinton Bailey, an American-Israeli academic whose research and documentation of the ancient traditions of the nomadic Bedouin tribes of the Middle East helped preserve a vanishing culture for posterity, died on Jan. 5 at his home in Jerusalem.
—Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
No need to whip out your phones in the theater to record a video of the screen for posterity.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 21 Jan. 2025
Her latest tells the story of a real-life 1895 railroad disaster — captured for posterity in a series of photos — from the perspectives of those aboard, including a medical student, a young anarchist, and members of the French Parliament.
—Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2025
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Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2025
Clinton Bailey, an American-Israeli academic whose research and documentation of the ancient traditions of the nomadic Bedouin tribes of the Middle East helped preserve a vanishing culture for posterity, died on Jan. 5 at his home in Jerusalem.
—Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
No need to whip out your phones in the theater to record a video of the screen for posterity.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 21 Jan. 2025
Her latest tells the story of a real-life 1895 railroad disaster — captured for posterity in a series of photos — from the perspectives of those aboard, including a medical student, a young anarchist, and members of the French Parliament.
—Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2025
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