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posterior

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




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As a parent, the first time I saw one of my sons talk out of their posterior on a subject they knew nothing about, I laughed.

From Salon Oct. 24, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 28, 2025

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

From BBC Mar. 3, 2024

A team of international researchers, led by UC San Francisco, has completed the first large-scale study of posterior cortical atrophy, a baffling constellation of visuospatial symptoms that present as the first symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.

From Science Daily Jan. 23, 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

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

Was the lady Dulcinea brought forth by me that my posteriors must pay for the transgressions of her eyes?

From Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra




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