1
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
Worse even than poetry with a palpable design on us, as Keats didn’t quite say, is poetry that puts its hands in its breeches pockets and delivers a lecture in the expectation of applause.
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Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
The Cordovan collection embodied Premiata’s Prima Linea at its finest, showcasing horse breech, a luxurious material valued for its resistance, shine, and patina development.
—Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 20 Jan. 2026
The mind thrills to imagine a genderless prophet among the brocades and buckskin breeches of Revolutionary America, weirding out the normies, sticking a flower in the barrel of a musket, and goading the new nation to let its hair down—literally.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
But as the months went on, her baby was not only measuring in the 99th percentile, but two weeks ahead of schedule and breech.
—Leigh Scheps, Parents, 13 Dec. 2025
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Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
The Cordovan collection embodied Premiata’s Prima Linea at its finest, showcasing horse breech, a luxurious material valued for its resistance, shine, and patina development.
—Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 20 Jan. 2026
The mind thrills to imagine a genderless prophet among the brocades and buckskin breeches of Revolutionary America, weirding out the normies, sticking a flower in the barrel of a musket, and goading the new nation to let its hair down—literally.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
But as the months went on, her baby was not only measuring in the 99th percentile, but two weeks ahead of schedule and breech.
—Leigh Scheps, Parents, 13 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for breech
Noun
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Constitution Party candidate Brendan Gomez, who ran for the seat in 2024, and independent Sarah Zabel also are in the race and advance to the November general election because their primaries are uncontested.—
Kevin Fixler
May 3,
Idaho Statesman,
3 May 2026
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California Democrats responded with voters approving a map that will likely net the party five more seats in November.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 May 2026
Noun
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My cheeks reddened like spring blossoms in the air.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
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Declan Rice puffed his cheeks out for what could have been a world-record attempt in cheek-puffing.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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For his look, Scott opted for a grey suit jacket, button-up dress shirt, and matching slacks.—
Charmaine Patterson,
PEOPLE,
28 Apr. 2026
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She was dressed in slacks and sensible shoes and a coveted green apron.—
Saïd Sayrafiezadeh,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Squinting through the flatulent fog, Absalom manages to return fire, planting a red-hot iron on Nicholas’s bum.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 May 2026
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Actress Jodie Foster was just photographed toting the perfect hands-free carryall—sort of like a hybrid, crossbody-bag-meets-bum-bag.—
Reece Andavolgyi,
InStyle,
12 Apr. 2026
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But the long tail of bets creates a long tail of self-dealing that will be harder for authorities to catch.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
7 May 2026
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The carapace of a spiny lobster (the part that is not the tail) must be greater than three inches long to be legal size.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
7 May 2026
Noun
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Yellow-rumps, as birders call them, have been seen migrating through northern Illinois even in April and late March.—
Sheryl DeVore,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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But there are some companies, like the rump of Motorola or IBM, that hang in, and there are others that have disrupted whole industries and are still on top.—
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CNBC,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In another video, Hough was seen wearing a bikini featuring a nude triangle top and black bikini bottoms while jumping on a trampoline surrounded be palm trees.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2026
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The Cubs loaded the bases in the bottom of the inning, and Busch coaxed a two-out walk to end the game.—
Andy Martinez,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2026
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Scorpions are armed with dual front pincers (technically known as chelae or pedipalp appendages) and a venom-injecting telson, or stinger, on the posterior of their tail.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
1 May 2026
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The attached marathon seasons, compressed offseasons and challenging schedules that came with that stature also included generally being relegated to the posterior of the draft.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Breech.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breech. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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