last post
Americannoun
noun
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a bugle call that orders men to retire for sleep
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a similar call sounded at military funerals
Example Sentences
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That was the last post featuring his actor wife.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2025
Before that last post, she had written: "I was always the good girl in my parents' eyes. But that day, I brought them nothing but shame. They'll never hold their heads up again."
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2025
In her last post, from 21 April, she described how she was ready to graduate in two weeks, and had already booked a holiday.
From BBC ● May 3, 2025
His last post was as Venezuela’s ambassador to Argentina during the first years of Hugo Chávez’s presidency.
From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2024
“This is the last post of the day, is it not?”
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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