as in appendix
a part added at the end of a book or periodical
the author included an afterword about developments in cancer treatment since the book was written
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Recent Examples of afterword
In the afterword to his novel, Volkov addresses his young readers directly.
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Christin Bohnke, JSTOR Daily, 5 Mar. 2025
Reviewed: Instead of a Letter by Diana Athill, with an afterword by Lena Dunham
New York Review Books, 232 pp., $16.95 (paper)
Vivian Gornick
Vivian Gornick is the author, most recently, of Taking a Long Look: Essays on Culture, Literature, and Feminism in Our Time.
—Vivian Gornick, The New York Review of Books, 27 Feb. 2025
Thrilled to Death collects a career-spanning selection of her short stories starting from the early ’90s, with an afterword by Lucy Sante.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
Venuti, in his afterword, points out that parts of the novel can be read as a critique of Fascist machismo.
—Christopher Tayler, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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Christin Bohnke, JSTOR Daily, 5 Mar. 2025
Reviewed: Instead of a Letter by Diana Athill, with an afterword by Lena Dunham
New York Review Books, 232 pp., $16.95 (paper)
Vivian Gornick
Vivian Gornick is the author, most recently, of Taking a Long Look: Essays on Culture, Literature, and Feminism in Our Time.
—Vivian Gornick, The New York Review of Books, 27 Feb. 2025
Thrilled to Death collects a career-spanning selection of her short stories starting from the early ’90s, with an afterword by Lucy Sante.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
Venuti, in his afterword, points out that parts of the novel can be read as a critique of Fascist machismo.
—Christopher Tayler, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for afterword
appendix
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The winter Olympic games are often seen as more of an appendix to their larger summertime counterparts than a tentpole in themselves.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
6 Feb. 2026
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In 2010, 4-year-old Timothy Thomas died of a ruptured appendix while in the custody of the Martins at one of the group’s homes in Colton, authorities said.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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