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as in rear
being at or in the part of something opposite the front part
the chapel's posterior location in the church serves to make it a quiet retreat
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as in subsequent
being, occurring, or carried out at a time after something else
artifacts dating from a posterior historical period
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as in cheeks
the part of the body upon which someone sits
the baseball players were always slapping one another on the posterior
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Recent Examples of posterior
Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Fascinatingly, the areas of the brain that were particularly active in pet owners—such as the precuneus and posterior cingulate cortex—are involved in self-reflection and processing social information.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2024
This was a man who publicly asked to be buried upside down, in order for his many critics to kiss his posterior.
—Jason Gay, WSJ, 2 Nov. 2023
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In the clip, the Rare Beauty founder shakes her hips, squats to the floor and shows off her posterior to the camera.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Fascinatingly, the areas of the brain that were particularly active in pet owners—such as the precuneus and posterior cingulate cortex—are involved in self-reflection and processing social information.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
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Dad died, by the way, because Uncle Claudius shoved poison up the royal posterior while the king was trying to relieve himself in the bushes.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2024
This was a man who publicly asked to be buried upside down, in order for his many critics to kiss his posterior.
—Jason Gay, WSJ, 2 Nov. 2023
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Topping the range, Sport Prestige can be specified at $9,600 to add heated rear seats, a 12.3-inch 3D digital instrument cluster and a head-up display.Trinity Francis, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
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During that race, two cars left the pits only to have one of their rear wheels come off.Roberto Baldwin, Ars Technica, 22 Dec. 2024
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Firstly, my experience in Myanmar and subsequent work on democracy worldwide induce caution against simple narratives of success or failure.Derek Mitchell, NPR, 23 Dec. 2024
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In March, 2000, the dot-com bubble finally burst, and during the subsequent eighteen months the Nasdaq plunged about seventy per cent, inflicting huge losses on those who had got in near the market top.John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!Clement Clarke Moore, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
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His cheeks were hollow, and a grizzled beard, which hadn’t seen a proper shave in weeks, made his face look older and all the more haggard.Lee Chang-dong, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement Science & Medicine What is spondylolisthesis, the back condition that derailed Luigi Mangione’s life? Dec. 11, 2024 Such facilities were born decades ago in the San Fernando Valley, the brainchild of a nurse tending to quadriplegic patients.Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
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This is a particularly impressive deal considering the capacious pack glows in the dark, has a padded laptop compartment, and is made with back cushioning to keep the wearer comfortable.Hillary Maglin, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2024
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McGowan is hidden among other travelers on the platform, and Bonnie can be seen looking into the face of each one eagerly, her ears perked up and her tail starting to wag as McGowan gets closer, the dog possibly picking up on her scent.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Other than being four-legged and having a long tail, the gorgonopsian wouldn’t have looked very doglike, Angielczyk said.Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
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The Rain Forest portion of the spa features heated seats, a chilled room for cryotherapy, and an outdoor portion with swings, day beds, and a hot tub.Leslie D. Rose, Parents, 20 Dec. 2024
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The Williamson County seat is under an emergency status 1 water shortage.Katie Nixon, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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This was all done with a bum wrist, which posed as an inconvenience to him at times.Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2024
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Tommy, left to prosecute the case against Rusty, has inherited a bum gig.Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 26 July 2024
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In one video, Moo Deng gets a couple playful pats on her rump from a zookeeper, runs around and eats a veggie snack.Ari Daniel, NPR, 27 Dec. 2024
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Here, Count Orlick (an utterly transformed and unrecognizable Bill Skarsgard), is anything but a looker, a towering slithery freak with long, icicle-like talons as thick as a rump roast, whose Romanian accent is saddled with Darth Vader-like breathing issues.Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Posterior.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/posterior. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.
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