How to Use posterity in a Sentence

posterity

noun
  • A record of the events was preserved for posterity.
  • The truth about what happened will be known to posterity.
  • Posterity will remember her as a woman of courage and integrity.
  • No need to whip out your phones in the theater to record a video of the screen for posterity.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Still, the numbers will tell posterity who got it right, and who didn’t.
    — Anthony Faiola, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2021
  • That also means many of them are immune to his crawlers and cannot be saved for posterity.
    — Chase Difeliciantonio, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Sep. 2021
  • Hulver and Vladic’s work will help set the record straight for posterity.
    — Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 23 Mar. 2018
  • There was a mad rush to stockpile their products, for posterity’s sake.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2022
  • Fans broke out their cellphones to record the moment for posterity.
    — New York Times, 13 June 2022
  • But if a body part were to survive for posterity, a tooth is a likely contender.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 21 May 2022
  • It has been lifted up for posterity and burnished in a new way by Noel and his team.
    — Simon Thompson, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
  • But his archive serves more than posterity.
    — Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Here, the hair and makeup artists behind the cover look break down the scene for posterity.
    — Brennan Kilbane, Allure, 21 Nov. 2019
  • The song may be your posterity, but your money is in the royalties.
    — Dominic Green, WSJ, 16 Nov. 2018
  • The mind’s eye tries in vain to store away images and sensations for posterity.
    — Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Anytime a coach or player jumps on board, the headlines are more for posterity’s sake.
    — David Murphy, Philly.com, 24 July 2017
  • Vanderpool was touched by the thought of the dress making one more trip down the aisle, with her own posterity.
    — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
  • These brave souls forged new frontiers for nation-states and planted the right flag for posterity.
    — S.c. Stuart, PC Magazine, 18 Mar. 2026
  • At least Steeg wasn’t Don Weiss, whose gaffe was saved for posterity.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2021
  • The tattoos will stay, restored for posterity, but the dirty dishes will go.
    — James McAuley, Town & Country, 13 Aug. 2018
  • The two of us in a room with our tender caresses and longing glares filmed for posterity.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2021
  • The moment was posted for posterity along with a video showing the two of them playing around.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 25 Jan. 2021
  • The moniker marks a birth and a rebirth, an origin story and a blueprint for posterity.
    — Isiah Magsino, Town & Country, 24 Feb. 2023
  • That night, in a house in the suburbs, her father uploads the footage to his laptop for posterity.
    — Alex Mar, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2017
  • This was likely the first time the letter had seen the light of day since Monroe filed it away for posterity.
    — Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 21 June 2021
  • All through the parade route, cameras were out as people recorded the fun for posterity.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2026
  • That 45 minutes of leg torture and sweat just might save the planet for your posterity.
    — Shalwah Evans, Essence, 25 Sep. 2019
  • Plutarch wrote it down for posterity, and the line outlived everything else known about the campaign.
    — Andrew Latham, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Boyd and his team have hired a film crew to capture the entire trip for posterity, and also have some other fun tricks up their sleeves.
    — Paul Feinstein, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2021
  • For posterity’s sake, March is when comportment counts most.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 4 Apr. 2026

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