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
Poetry is impossible because its posterity is sacrificed on the altar of inevitability.
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Ed Simon
august 18, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2025
Carney is one of the rare Black soldiers who fought for American independence whose story has been preserved for posterity.
—Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2025
After mourners left thousands of tributes to the late heavy metal legend on Black Sabbath Bridge in Ozzy’s native Birmingham, England following his death from a heart attack on July 22 at age 76, those flowers and keepsakes have been preserved and cataloged for posterity.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2025
Over the course of his five-Oscar career, Francis Coppola has many times gone back under the hood of even his greatest films like Apocalypse Now and The Conversation, to recut and improve versions for posterity.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 28 July 2025
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Ed Simon
august 18, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2025
Carney is one of the rare Black soldiers who fought for American independence whose story has been preserved for posterity.
—Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2025
After mourners left thousands of tributes to the late heavy metal legend on Black Sabbath Bridge in Ozzy’s native Birmingham, England following his death from a heart attack on July 22 at age 76, those flowers and keepsakes have been preserved and cataloged for posterity.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2025
Over the course of his five-Oscar career, Francis Coppola has many times gone back under the hood of even his greatest films like Apocalypse Now and The Conversation, to recut and improve versions for posterity.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 28 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for posterity
offspring
Noun
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This includes communication between parents and offspring and mature animals of opposite sexes communicating attraction, mate choice, and trail following.—
Ashleigh N. DeLuca,
Parents,
16 Sep. 2025
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Sharks are slow to mature and produce relatively few offspring, so even small reductions in reproductive output can have ripple effects across populations.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Posterity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/posterity. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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