the hereafter
noun
: an existence that comes after life ends : life after death
belief in the hereafter
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There’s also the crowd that believes Belichick is looking to reach into the hereafter and deliver Shula some sort of celestial payback.
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Steve Buckley, The Athletic, 25 July 2024
Like a Sagittarius, Juno crafts a hysterical and blunt portrayal of the hereafter.
—Lisa Stardust, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2024
Barzakh can mean a place separating the living from the hereafter or where where souls rest until the day of judgement.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Aug. 2024
Typically, Egyptian tombs were divided in two parts: one to house bodies for eternity, the other acting as a passage of sorts between the living world and the hereafter.
—Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 25 July 2024
This jazzy riff on humanity and the hereafter brings a cartoon New York City to vibrant, diverse life with Pixar's first Black lead character, a band teacher (played by Jamie Foxx) who meets a jaded soul (Tina Fey), and asks big questions about the meaning of life.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 14 June 2024
Talk to Me purposefully ends on an open-ended note, suggesting not just a reversal of fate but the chance of further excursions into one hellish version of the hereafter.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2023
To me, this astute observation—that people from different faiths and cultures experience their own idiosyncratic heaven and hell—argues against the hypothesis that near-death experiences reveal a single, universal truth about the hereafter.
—Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2023
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Steve Buckley, The Athletic, 25 July 2024
Like a Sagittarius, Juno crafts a hysterical and blunt portrayal of the hereafter.
—Lisa Stardust, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2024
Barzakh can mean a place separating the living from the hereafter or where where souls rest until the day of judgement.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Aug. 2024
Typically, Egyptian tombs were divided in two parts: one to house bodies for eternity, the other acting as a passage of sorts between the living world and the hereafter.
—Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 25 July 2024
This jazzy riff on humanity and the hereafter brings a cartoon New York City to vibrant, diverse life with Pixar's first Black lead character, a band teacher (played by Jamie Foxx) who meets a jaded soul (Tina Fey), and asks big questions about the meaning of life.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 14 June 2024
Talk to Me purposefully ends on an open-ended note, suggesting not just a reversal of fate but the chance of further excursions into one hellish version of the hereafter.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2023
To me, this astute observation—that people from different faiths and cultures experience their own idiosyncratic heaven and hell—argues against the hypothesis that near-death experiences reveal a single, universal truth about the hereafter.
—Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2023
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“The hereafter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20hereafter. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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