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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The change to the official transcript drew objections from the stenographers who are charged with documenting the president’s remarks for posterity, the Associated Press reported, citing two government officials and an internal email obtained by the news agency.
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Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
Watching in horror as the city made plans to bury the buried and raze the tombstones, Trinity in late 1897 sent John Watson, a sexton of the nearby St. John’s Chapel, to record information from the cemetery’s headstones for posterity.
—Christina Ray Stanton, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Oct. 2024
The Quai Branly did not grant her request for access until Beninese officials, who wanted to record the handover for posterity, interceded on her behalf.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2024
The legacies of Lee Miller The horrors of the war in Europe continued, and so did Miller’s work to document them for posterity.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Sep. 2024
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Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
Watching in horror as the city made plans to bury the buried and raze the tombstones, Trinity in late 1897 sent John Watson, a sexton of the nearby St. John’s Chapel, to record information from the cemetery’s headstones for posterity.
—Christina Ray Stanton, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Oct. 2024
The Quai Branly did not grant her request for access until Beninese officials, who wanted to record the handover for posterity, interceded on her behalf.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2024
The legacies of Lee Miller The horrors of the war in Europe continued, and so did Miller’s work to document them for posterity.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Sep. 2024
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“Posterity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/posterity. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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