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The author’s final novel was released as a posthumous publication, two years after her death.posthumous = after death
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She received a posthumous award for her bravery during the rescue mission.
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Almond, who had died at twenty-one, was nominated for a posthumous medal for bravery.† (source)
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Mr. Griffen was the brother-in-law of the late Laura Chase, who made her posthumous debut as a novelist this spring, and is survived by his sister Mrs. Winifred (Griffen) Prior, the noted socialite, and by his wife, Mrs. Iris (Chase) Griffen, as well as by his ten-year-old daughter Aimee.† (source)
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Although there may be some truth in both hypotheses, this sort of posthumous off-the-rack psychoanalysis is a dubious, highly speculative enterprise that inevitably demeans and trivializes the absent analysand.† (source)
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The posthumous powers of the late Delia, if she had any, were apparently not the sort that took effect immediately.† (source)
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My mind flashes to the letter Nabi had given me in Kabul, his posthumous confession.† (source)
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Brad's teammates, Gary Gordon and Randy Shughart, would posthumously receive the military's highest award, the Medal of Honor.† (source)
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All day long, she realized, she had been feeling strange, and seeing strangely, as though everything was already long in the past, made more vivid by posthumous ironies she could not quite grasp.† (source)
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The walls, covered by photos, certificates, insignias, and awards, including his bachelor's degree, the Bronze Star with valor, and the posthumously presented Silver Star for Chief Brown's actions as part of an assault force that executed a daring raid deep into mountainous enemy-occupied terrain in northeastern Afghanistan...while numerous enemy fighters simultaneously engaged the force from the surrounding mountains....Reacting immediately, and without regard for his own safety, Chief Brown... Says Kelley, "Adam would hate having all these awards on the wall.† (source)
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I'm not about to recommend a posthumous medal.† (source)
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Posthumously?† (source)
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For his bravery, Don Ruhl received a posthumous Medal of Honor.† (source)
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She had just finished reading The Diary of Anne Frank in sophomore English class, and like all the other girls, she was imbued with a sense that she too was different, an innocent on a path to tragedy that would make her posthumously admired.† (source)
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Now after thirty-four years, the commemorations and interviews and presentations of posthumous honors have almost stopped, so that for months at a time Dede is able to take up her own life again.† (source)
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No, but it will destroy your case against him—posthumously on both parts.† (source)
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