posthumously

• “Although Livia had been called Augusta after her husband’s death and Antonia had been awarded the title posthumously, no woman before Agrippina had received it while she was the consort of the reigning emperor and, for good measure, the mother of the likely emperor-in-waiting.”

  Simon & Schuster: Caesars’ Wives

• “Therefore, Mormons believe that theirs is the one true faith while simultaneously believing that people not of their faith can go to heaven because they can be baptized posthumously.”

  Simon & Schuster: American Grace

• “The manuscript had been shopped around by Toole's mother, and was published posthumously thanks in large part to Percy tirelessly promoting the book.”

  The Huffington Post: Karen Dalton-Beninato: New in New Orleans: No Matter How Many Skies Have Fallen

• “Carter was posthumously promoted to chief warrant officer 5, and Lauren Carter received a Bronze Star, Purple Heart and Legion of Merit commendation on his behalf.”

  USA Today: Mourners remember helicopter pilot killed in Afghanistan

• “The period from 1922 to 1927 saw the release of these books by summer-born authors: posthumously published installments of Proust's In Search of Lost Time 1923, etc.”

  The Huffington Post: Dave Astor: The Best Two Half-Decades in Literary History

• “That's fine but surely to goodness why don't they give him a knighthood posthumously?”

  The Guardian: Small Talk: Mark Lawrenson

• “No such luck, but I still wonder if any of it will be released posthumously, as it has been reported she has 12 finished songs.”

  The Huffington Post: Ruth Starkman: For Amy Winehouse, Who Almost Made Hanukkah Cool

• “After a 93-year quest fraught with racial discrimination and hampered by military bureaucracy," Johnson's supporters, including Sen. Schumer, believe they have finally built an "ironclad case" to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Sgt.”

  The Huffington Post: Dorian de Wind: Medal of Honor for a Black World War I Hero?

• “Veterans groups have pressed the Pentagon and White House to award the medal, typically given posthumously in recent years, to surviving troops.”

  USA Today: Medal of Honor recipient honored as 'essence of America'

• “Three other service members have received the award posthumously for actions in Afghanistan.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Soldier Given Highest Honor

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