afterword
[af-ter-wurd, ahf-]
noun
a concluding section, commentary, etc., as of a book, treatise, or the like; closing statement.
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Origin of afterword
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Contemporary Examples of afterword
Music journalist Joel Selwin annotates, with a preface by Donovan, a foreword by Jorma Kaukonen, and an afterword by John Poppy.
And Tom Cruise pens the afterword of your book, about your aborted project At the Mountains of Madness.
Guillermo Del Toro on ‘Cabinet of Curiosities,’ Collaborating with Kanye West, and MoreMarlow Stern
November 8, 2013
“Afterword” from Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser.
This piece was adapted from a new Afterword on forgiveness, to be published in the expanded paperback edition March 3.
Ms Jones says in an afterword to the book that she is eager to bring her books into the world while they are still relevant.
Historical Examples of afterword
I had not thought to add anything to them by way of an afterword.
The Inside of the Cup, CompleteWinston Churchill
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