Learn English – What’s a word like “posterity”, but not for so long into the future

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I am looking for a word like "posterity". I was going to use it but it feels like too long into the future. I looked up the definition for posterity and got:

succeeding or future generations collectively:

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I don't need for future generations, but rather for keeping for the next few years (5-10 years)?

I'm looking for an alternative that fits in place of the word posterity, because that's nice an concise. I thought of "for record keeping purposes" instead of "for posterity" but that doesn't feel as concise. Is there a word that I could use instead?

Here's my example sentence:

"I've also attached the binary to this email for _ "

Best Answer

Perhaps for future reference will work better for you:

For Future Reference

  • For use at a later date.

"She lodged this idea in the back of her mind for future reference"

(OED)

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