as in delayed
occurring after one's death
the soldier was awarded a posthumous medal for valor
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Last Sunday, the historically Black all-male college where Hubert was a rising sophomore awarded him a posthumous Bachelor of Arts degree in religion.
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Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 25 May 2025
Sapienza is played by Valeria Golino, who recently directed a six-part adaptation of the author’s posthumous hit bestseller The Art of Joy, a novel Sapienza finished in 1976 and which remained unpublished until 1998.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 20 May 2025
The late superstar returns with a new posthumous single, a collaboration with fellow R&B artist Tank.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
Series regular Tony Todd, who died last fall, returns for a touching posthumous scene that references another fan favorite character.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 16 May 2025
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Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 25 May 2025
Sapienza is played by Valeria Golino, who recently directed a six-part adaptation of the author’s posthumous hit bestseller The Art of Joy, a novel Sapienza finished in 1976 and which remained unpublished until 1998.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 20 May 2025
The late superstar returns with a new posthumous single, a collaboration with fellow R&B artist Tank.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
Series regular Tony Todd, who died last fall, returns for a touching posthumous scene that references another fan favorite character.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for posthumous
postmortem
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In recent years, that has appeared in postmortem blood samples of drug users in Europe and the U.S.—
Brian Spegele,
WSJ,
22 Dec. 2022
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The vertical occipital fasciculus, or VOF, is identified in a postmortem human brain in 1909, but labeled with a different name.—
Jenny Blair,
Discover Magazine,
1 Oct. 2015
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“Posthumous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/posthumous. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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