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as in rear
being at or in the part of something opposite the front part
the chapel's posterior location in the church serves to make it a quiet retreat
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as in subsequent
being, occurring, or carried out at a time after something else
artifacts dating from a posterior historical period
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as in cheeks
the part of the body upon which someone sits
the baseball players were always slapping one another on the posterior
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Recent Examples of posterior
John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2024
Pain in the back (posterior) portion of the knee is relatively common.
—Anita C. Chandrasekaran, Verywell Health, 12 Sep. 2024
Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2024
This was a man who publicly asked to be buried upside down, in order for his many critics to kiss his posterior.
—Jason Gay, WSJ, 2 Nov. 2023
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He had been diagnosed with posterior cortical atrophy, a syndrome that causes brain cells to die over time.
—John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2024
Pain in the back (posterior) portion of the knee is relatively common.
—Anita C. Chandrasekaran, Verywell Health, 12 Sep. 2024
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Dad died, by the way, because Uncle Claudius shoved poison up the royal posterior while the king was trying to relieve himself in the bushes.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2024
This was a man who publicly asked to be buried upside down, in order for his many critics to kiss his posterior.
—Jason Gay, WSJ, 2 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for posterior
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If the vehicle can determine rear seats are not occupied, no warnings are required.Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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The open cabin idea starts with a movable center console between the front seats; it can be moved forward toward the dash or back toward the rear seat.Scotty Reiss, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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Firstly, my experience in Myanmar and subsequent work on democracy worldwide induce caution against simple narratives of success or failure.Derek Mitchell, NPR, 23 Dec. 2024
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This potential wave of IPOs comes after a period of inflated valuations in 2021, a subsequent market correction, and investor skepticism that cast doubt on the long-term viability of many fintechs.Zennon Kapron, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!Clement Clarke Moore, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
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His cheeks were hollow, and a grizzled beard, which hadn’t seen a proper shave in weeks, made his face look older and all the more haggard.Lee Chang-dong, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
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This is a particularly impressive deal considering the capacious pack glows in the dark, has a padded laptop compartment, and is made with back cushioning to keep the wearer comfortable.Hillary Maglin, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement Science & Medicine What is spondylolisthesis, the back condition that derailed Luigi Mangione’s life? Dec. 11, 2024 Such facilities were born decades ago in the San Fernando Valley, the brainchild of a nurse tending to quadriplegic patients.Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
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McGowan is hidden among other travelers on the platform, and Bonnie can be seen looking into the face of each one eagerly, her ears perked up and her tail starting to wag as McGowan gets closer, the dog possibly picking up on her scent.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Other than being four-legged and having a long tail, the gorgonopsian wouldn’t have looked very doglike, Angielczyk said.Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, on the Senate floor, outgoing members who were either retiring or had lost their seats gave farewell speeches.Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2024
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The movie shows Black women soldiers donning gas masks in rooms filled with tear gas and climbing rope ladders as part of training, and yet, being asked to give up their seats in a theater.Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
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This was all done with a bum wrist, which posed as an inconvenience to him at times.Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2024
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Tommy, left to prosecute the case against Rusty, has inherited a bum gig.Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 26 July 2024
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Here, Count Orlick (an utterly transformed and unrecognizable Bill Skarsgard), is anything but a looker, a towering slithery freak with long, icicle-like talons as thick as a rump roast, whose Romanian accent is saddled with Darth Vader-like breathing issues.Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2024
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Male common wombats have been observed aggressively chasing females and leaving deep, painful bites on their rumps, puncturing their skin.Scott Travers, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Posterior.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/posterior. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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