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posterior

[po-steer-ee-er, poh-] / pɒˈstɪər i ər, poʊ- /




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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

Panel recommendations include transvaginal ultrasound of the posterior compartment, observation of the relative positioning of the uterus and ovaries, and the uterine sliding sign maneuver to improve the detection of endometriosis.

From Science Daily Apr. 9, 2024

Not since Jarvis Cocker waved his posterior at Michael Jackson has the Brits seen such depravity.

From BBC Mar. 3, 2024

At one end sat Chiron the centaur, his equine posterior collapsed into his magic wheelchair so he looked like a regular human.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

It's not just about red boxes and posteriors on the seats of government cars.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2026

Today, those same simulated posteriors are essential to making sure new sensors are in good working order.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 20, 2026

Radke examines the bustle, popularized in 1868, a rare historic moment when women opted to increase the appearance of their posteriors to “create the desired gluteal lump.”

From Washington Post Nov. 25, 2022

This from someone who refers to his players’ posteriors as “tails” — as in, “They practiced their tails off this week.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2019

He had gone but a bare ten feet when Shūzen heard a most fearful yell, saw the rapid progress outwards of the posteriors of Isuké.

From Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2 by De Benneville, James S. (James Seguin)




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