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Not sure if this has a name, but I think it's best demonstrated with some examples I've seen:

> Nadia and her family both considered her thereafter to be without a family, something all of them, all four, for the rest of their lives, regretted, but which **none of them would ever act to repair** [...] because the **impending descent of their city into the abyss would come** before they realized that they had lost the chance.

- Exit West, by Mohsin Hamid

> The events that would deal Macondo its fatal blow were just showing themselves when they brought Meme Buendia’s son home. [...] She succeeded in convincing Santa Sofia de la Piedad that she had found him floating in a basket. **Ursula would die without ever knowing his origin.**

- 100 Years of Solitude, by Gabriel García Márquez

Or for a totally convoluted example I just came up with,

> MC left the administrative building feeling victorious. In the not so far future, a tornado would tear through the area, demolishing the building. The town would later put up a playground in its place.

Basically, I think the technique is characterized by using "would" and describing an event that will happen in the future, typically beyond the end of the book's events.

Is there a name for this technique?

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