as in seats
the part of the body upon which someone sits
I couldn't even make it down the bunny slope without ending up on my caboose
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Noun
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Canadarm's success in space allowed the NRC, and then CSA, to pay for astronaut seats on the shuttle as the robot arm provided a net benefit to NASA activities in orbit.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
6 Mar. 2026 -
Out of a total 275 seats in Nepal’s lower house of parliament, counting was in progress for 165 seats that are elected by direct election, while the remaining 110 will follow a system of proportional representation.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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Makeup artist Ernesto Casillas applied a flushed, rosy blush to Zendaya's cheeks and mimicked the color with Vuitton's LV Rouge Matte Lipstick in Rose Odysseé on her lips, finishing with a soft brown eye shadow and a few flicks of mascara.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
10 Mar. 2026
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The result was a kind of gasp or snarl configuration of my cheeks and lips.—
Paul Keane,
Hartford Courant,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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For ski bums looking to hit the Colorado slopes without slogging through I-70 traffic, there’s no better destination than Winter Park.—
Sarah Cahalan,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Mar. 2026
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Expensive trip to modern backcountry huts Backcountry skiing is no longer just for ski bums.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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The test kitchen has been experimenting with unusual cuts from his retired dairy cow beef, including whole tails.—
Emily Wilson,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
6 Mar. 2026
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Father and son, both members of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe, stare out at a sea of green grass and buffalo berry bushes as a herd of 30 or so bison munch patches of grass, flick their tails at flies, and flop onto the ground, creating brief billows of dust.—
Christine Peterson,
Outdoor Life,
5 Mar. 2026
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He has been vilified for his notorious drawings of oversized women with ample rumps and thick, powerful legs, definitely objectified and more or less turned into meat-at-the-ready.—
David Zane Mairowitz,
Rolling Stone,
22 Dec. 2025
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Loose Jeans, $90 Gap’s latest drop is full of pieces, like this Crop Shell Tank Top, that can be worn on its own, or as a matching set with various Gap bottoms.—
Caroline Hughes,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2026
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Across 50 episodes, Anderson unpacked everything from why gay men prefer iced coffee to whether bottoms would survive the apocalypse (the answer is yes).—
Jessica Lipsky,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Cabooses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cabooses. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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