posterior

Example Sentences

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"The depression and the anxiety I've had from this stupid decision to try and alter my posterior, it just wasn't worth it," she said.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

When strength training later in life, more attention must be paid to building strength around the joints, Herbert says, and strengthening the posterior, or back, chain of the body.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2025

Research has shown that the premotor and posterior parietal cortices, along with the temporoparietal junction, are active in the brain when we are locating or thinking about ourselves.

From Salon • May 26, 2025

For example, annelids such as Platynereis dumerilii can regenerate entire parts of their posterior body after injury.

From Science Daily • Nov. 18, 2024

I should record them for posterity—a word I only recently learned means the people who come after you in history, not your rear end, which is your posterior.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass