postlude

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Recent Examples of postlude The event is led by Bob Lundy and Elizabeth Yahn Williams with preludes and postludes of pianist Andrew Wong and assisted by artist Marion Wong, illustrator of the HAÏKU for an Artist series. San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2019 The dance now continues and switches gears as sound bites of Ailey and of Mr. Harris present a postlude suggesting them in conversation. Robert Greskovic, WSJ, 12 Dec. 2018 Make a very long weekend of your trip to the Berkshires with three Boston Symphony concerts and, as a postlude on Monday, an evening with the young players of the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra. New York Times, 12 July 2018 The 14 songs that made up Wednesday’s program were grouped in three sets, with an introduction and postlude, collectively exploring mortal interaction with the gods, the Orestes myth and the deities themselves. John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 7 Sep. 2017 Perhaps the best thing to do with GWTW is to ask anyone who shows the film to put together a prelude or postlude — or maybe a little presentation for the intermission that is usually provided — that interrogates the film’s presentation of history. Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 30 Aug. 2017 The six postlude concerts next season will be played by Peter Richard Conte. Peter Dobrin, Philly.com, 7 Aug. 2017 The postlude concerts were studded with some wonderful surprises. Peter Dobrin, Philly.com, 1 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for postlude
Noun
  • Democrats were beside themselves, seeing this as a fitting coda after one of the most unproductive congressional sessions in modern times.
    Lisa Mascaro and Kevin Freking, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Sadly, that’s a moral gauntlet that writers of the sequel (promised by a major celebrity in this film’s coda) will have to pick up.
    Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • There’s a jarring note in the epilogue intertitles, which state that Wolfe, who has been presented thus far as an abuser, as a pioneer in female wrestling.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 8 Mar. 2025
  • The film stars Torres, with her mother Montenegro appearing in the film’s epilogue as an older version of Paiva before her death in 2018.
    Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 2 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Lévêque was 9 years old when her appendix was removed by the surgeon.
    Linda Hervieux, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2025
  • The release of the redacted appendix, which was an attachment to the immunity motion unsealed two weeks ago by U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan that included new details about Trump and his allies' actions leading up to the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol, is currently scheduled for Thursday.
    Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • This post contains spoilers from the March 7 season 3 finale of The Way Home.
    Breanne L. Heldman, People.com, 8 Mar. 2025
  • So many loose threads with Colton were tied up in this finale.
    Megan Vick, Variety, 8 Mar. 2025

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“Postlude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postlude. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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