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as in seat
the part of the body upon which someone sits
plant yourselves on your breeches on that bench and listen to what I have to say
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as in pants
breeches plural
an outer garment covering each leg separately from waist to ankle
the mounted riders look striking in their red coats and white breeches
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Recent Examples of breech
That was Wilson, the genial leather-breeches maker, shoving a soldier to his knees.
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Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Some French gunner, now long dead, had lifted it from a crate, shoved it into the breech of a cannon and fired it during that horrible year of 1916.
—Michael Jerome Plunkett
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Ultimately, there were over 50 levee breeches, leaving 80% of the city of New Orleans underwater, per NOAA.
—Avalon Hester, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
After some initial difficulties, doctors discovered her baby was breech and his heart rate was low.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
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Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Some French gunner, now long dead, had lifted it from a crate, shoved it into the breech of a cannon and fired it during that horrible year of 1916.
—Michael Jerome Plunkett
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Ultimately, there were over 50 levee breeches, leaving 80% of the city of New Orleans underwater, per NOAA.
—Avalon Hester, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
After some initial difficulties, doctors discovered her baby was breech and his heart rate was low.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for breech
Noun
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That aircraft is expected to sit in the 200-seat class, a core segment of the global airline market.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Feb. 2026
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To his right, his friend Will is asleep in the aisle seat; to his left is his ex Lucy, watching tv.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
Noun
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That means hairstyles studded with gemstones and pearls, gemstones sparkling across Robbie's cheeks, and braids tied together with passion-red ribbons.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
3 Feb. 2026
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Ma crawls toward you and plants her palms on your cheeks.—
Molly Aitken,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Style it with jeans or corduroy pants in your favorite winter outfits, or wear it with a long skirt or slacks for work.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
23 Jan. 2026
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Shoppers enjoyed Russell paintings, Remington sculptures, and Native pottery, baskets and beadwork while browsing for slacks and dresses.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Here, in the rugged, remote Santa Cruz Mountains, one of California’s coastal ranges, the counterculture had found one of its first bucolic, dharma-bum milieus.—
Scott Eden,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
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Aspen, Colorado In 1989, when a five-star, ski-in, ski-out hotel called the Little Nell opened on the site of a ski-bum bar, Aspen left its counterculture hippie days in the dust and transitioned to an A-list playground.—
Amy Tara Koch,
Robb Report,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Langmuir showed that the molecules oriented themselves in a consistent way, looking like little tadpoles with the hydrophilic head, the end that likes water, toward the water, and the hydrophobic tail, the end that dislikes water, sticking up into the air.—
Natalia Sánchez Loayza,
Scientific American,
5 Feb. 2026
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Once stationary, deactivate all lights except the hazard flashers, engage the emergency brake, and release the brake pedal to ensure your tail lights remain unlit, minimizing the chance of other drivers colliding with your stationary vehicle.—
Bay Area Weather Report,
Mercury News,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In 70 experiments conducted over a few days, Veronika applied the implement exclusively to hard-to-reach areas, like her rump, loin, thurl and navel flap.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Does Trump plan to pose to Maduro’s rump team an ultimatum to leave and then the U.S. will organize elections?—
Thomas L. Friedman,
Mercury News,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Warming up meals in a toaster oven likewise results in uneven heating, with the top portion getting dried or burnt and the middle part ending up lukewarm if the element is located on the top – the reverse is true if the element is on the bottom.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Feb. 2026
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This petite, chic travel jewelry case keeps necklaces untangled, prevents rings from drifting to the bottom of her carry-on, and secures earring posts from bending or breaking.—
Annie Blackman,
InStyle,
4 Feb. 2026
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By the end of the 2009 Open, a braying heckler had complimented Vijay Singh on his posterior, and the United States Golf Association cut off alcohol sales early.—
Sally Jenkins,
The Atlantic,
26 Sep. 2025
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People with flat feet and those with hip tightness can be more prone to shin splints, as can those with tightness or weakness in the calves or tibialis posterior (the muscle on the backside of the shin bone), Dr. Betiku adds.—
Jenny McCoy,
SELF,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Breech.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breech. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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