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posterior

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




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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

Brown: Posterior chain is everything up and down the backside of your body and the posterior.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2025

Dr. Keith Meister performed the surgery in Arlington, Texas, to repair what Hollander described as a small tear in the posterior of Brash’s ulnar collateral ligament.

From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2024

The US Ski & Snowboard Team said Shiffrin would continue to be assessed but her anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments "seem intact".

From BBC ● Jan. 26, 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

The legion resulting posteriors may protrude into the seawater through natural holes in the sponge and amble along its surface.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 8, 2021

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

A ceremony performed on boys perambulating the bounds of the parish on Whit-monday, when they have their posteriors bumped against the stones marking the boundaries, in order to fix them in their memory.

From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose




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