posthumously

adverb

post·hu·mous·ly ˈpäs-chə-məs-lē

also -tə-,

-tyə-,

-thə-;

päst-ˈhyü-məs-,

ˈpōst-,

-ˈyü-

: after the death of the person in question

a book published posthumously

a medal awarded posthumously

Plath's magnificent Ariel, written mostly during the final months of her life and assembled posthumously by Hughes, takes the notion of confessional poetry to verbal and imaginative extremes.—

Christopher Benfey

Flannery O'Connor united both traditions and is duly, albeit posthumously, celebrated.—

Walker Percy

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President Barack Obama posthumously awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in November 2015. —

Dawn Sawyer, CNN, 1 Dec. 2024 The story of Leo’s entire public life, of his acclaimed cinema and teaching career, of his romantic and professional partnership with Emma, is the story of a life lived posthumously. —

Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2024 They were posthumously awarded Congressional Gold Medals. —

Juliann Ventura, The Hill, 26 Nov. 2024 Abolitionist and Underground Railroad leader Harriet Tubman, the first woman in the U.S. to lead an armed military operation during a war, was posthumously commissioned as a one-star general in the Maryland National Guard on Monday. —

Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for posthumously