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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Recent Examples of posterity
Meanwhile, Osbourne, 76, encouraged fans to create Ozzy dupes for posterity.
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Marina Watts, People.com, 1 July 2025
And the film has stood the test of time, capturing the essence of America's early space program for posterity.
—ArsTechnica, 29 June 2025
Luiz likens her work to digging through trash to get a fuller picture of what life used to be like, then documenting that for posterity.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 20 June 2025
The signs section of the site is the most captivating, being organized by state and preserving for posterity the buzzing neon signs of places such as the Choo-Choo, in Des Plaines, Illinois, and Bingo’s Motel, in Wakefield, Michigan.
—Air Mail, 31 May 2025
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Marina Watts, People.com, 1 July 2025
And the film has stood the test of time, capturing the essence of America's early space program for posterity.
—ArsTechnica, 29 June 2025
Luiz likens her work to digging through trash to get a fuller picture of what life used to be like, then documenting that for posterity.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 20 June 2025
The signs section of the site is the most captivating, being organized by state and preserving for posterity the buzzing neon signs of places such as the Choo-Choo, in Des Plaines, Illinois, and Bingo’s Motel, in Wakefield, Michigan.
—Air Mail, 31 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for posterity
offspring
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Only male offspring were analyzed in detail because females showed no autism-like behaviors, and the study used a small sample size for molecular work.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
16 Aug. 2025
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The aim is for the sterile males to mate with females in the wild who then produce no offspring.—
Fernando Llano,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Posterity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/posterity. Accessed 31 Aug. 2025.
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