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also epilog
as in sequel
a final section or speech after the main part of a book, play, or musical composition
—sometimes used figuratively
The main character's death was alluded to in the epilogue. His final years were a peaceful epilogue to a life of adventure.
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Recent Examples of epilogue
The Ones Who Live is a six-episode cap on the original series that works best as an extended epilogue.
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Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 14 Mar. 2025
An epilogue finally delivers the film’s confounding message in a rug-pulling twist that throws our heroine under the bus at the last minute.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 14 Mar. 2025
Despite being known as Ryu ga Gotoku 8 Gaiden in Japanese, a name denoting the game as a solemn epilogue, similar to the ones fans experienced with Kiryu in Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name (2023), Pirate Yakuza wastes no time tempering expectations.
—Isaiah Colbert, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2025
Brandy hits the final line and wakes up in real life, and from there, the episode jumps to an epilogue in the lead-up to the movie’s release.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025
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Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 14 Mar. 2025
An epilogue finally delivers the film’s confounding message in a rug-pulling twist that throws our heroine under the bus at the last minute.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 14 Mar. 2025
Despite being known as Ryu ga Gotoku 8 Gaiden in Japanese, a name denoting the game as a solemn epilogue, similar to the ones fans experienced with Kiryu in Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name (2023), Pirate Yakuza wastes no time tempering expectations.
—Isaiah Colbert, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2025
Brandy hits the final line and wakes up in real life, and from there, the episode jumps to an epilogue in the lead-up to the movie’s release.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for epilogue
Noun
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Despite a frustrating script leak, the sequel’s main hook — a sudden and brutal execution that sees Abby beat Joel to death for murdering her father years before — destroyed gamers.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
23 Apr. 2025
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The 20th Century Fox film was the fifth highest-grossing film of 1994, and had a 1997 sequel.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
23 Apr. 2025
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For the finale, Johanssen is marking her sixth hosting gig, along with Bad Bunny’s return to the SNL stage for the third time.—
Liza Esquibias,
People.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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That’s the most for a season finale in the show’s history and a 19 percent improvement on the season two finale in May 2023.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Apr. 2025
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As previously reported, the actor is set to reprise his role on the offshoot, and this bit of info from Harvey, tying Hardman to Ted’s Big Bad, certainly helps piece together the why and how, as does, possibly, the episode’s ending.—
Vlada Gelman,
TVLine,
13 Apr. 2025
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Drake was also accused of refusing to identify a person who rewrote the ending of the film, and who was not a guild member.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
12 Apr. 2025
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The talks are a follow-up to a Paris meeting last week where the U.S. and European states discussed ways to end the more than three-year-old war.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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The restaurant corrected all the violations according to a follow-up inspection April 17.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
21 Apr. 2025
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This looked like the player who two-putted every green in the final round at St. Andrews, who missed two short putts in the closing stretch at Pinehurst No. 2 last summer to watch Bryson DeChambeau hoist that U.S. Open trophy.—
Doug Ferguson,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
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As of April 14, however, closing sales were ongoing.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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As part of his daily routine, Combs, 55, is woken up for breakfast at 7 a.m. and afterwords has time to exercise in a room with yoga mats and a small basketball hoop, or to hang in a communal space with a ping-pong table and a TV.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
15 Apr. 2025
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Her only other book, Airless Spaces, was published in 1998 by the small radical publisher Semiotext(e); it was reissued earlier this year, with an introduction by Chris Kraus and an afterword by Susan Faludi.—
Audrey Wollen,
Harpers Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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The Kremlin’s propaganda machine eagerly circulated this statement to prove that dismembering Russia is the West’s endgame.—
ALEXANDER GABUEV,
Foreign Affairs,
17 Apr. 2025
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For him, this early global traction isn’t the endgame.—
Jeetendr Sehdev,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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In his wrap-up speech, Looney said he was befuddled about some concerns about the nomination.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
15 Apr. 2025
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For example: From 9:00 to 10:30 AM → Deep work on a proposal From 2:00 to 2:30 PM → Email replies From 4:30 to 5:00 PM → Daily wrap-up and shutdown routine The difference?—
Luciana Paulise,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Epilogue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epilogue. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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