posterior
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To offset that, he pays extra attention to strengthening the posterior, or back, chain of their bodies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2026
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
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 DMN and the posterior insula are involved in how people sense their body, the sense of self and their internal reflections.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 5, 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
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
Those lucky enough to have got their posteriors on the leather seats of ministerial cars all know the situation is bad.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2023
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
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
His bare posteriors when they found, Loud laughter shook the benches round; Nor could the fox without a tail To introduce the mode prevail.
From Aesop, in Rhyme Old Friends in a New Dress by Marmaduke Park
Vocabulary lists containing posterior
G.1: Principles of Geography (Sources 1–14)
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