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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For posterity's sake, Jeong guessed Pitbull, Thicke stuck with John Leguizamo, Ora barked up the wrong tree with Cesar Millan, and McCarthy-Wahlberg stayed on theme and picked Antonio Banderas.
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Lauren Huff, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
Thanks to comprehensive mapping and lidar imaging, the physical topography will be recorded for posterity.
—Alastair Lee Bitsóí, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
Cambodian engineers will be among those innovating for posterity.
—Suwanna Gauntlett, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
On the shelf above, a contemporary shopping bag from a Loewe store was being kept for posterity.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
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Lauren Huff, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
Thanks to comprehensive mapping and lidar imaging, the physical topography will be recorded for posterity.
—Alastair Lee Bitsóí, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
Cambodian engineers will be among those innovating for posterity.
—Suwanna Gauntlett, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
On the shelf above, a contemporary shopping bag from a Loewe store was being kept for posterity.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for posterity
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“Posterity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/posterity. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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