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Recent Examples of dorsal
Researchers observed differences in dorsal spicules, tiny thorn-like projections on the animal’s back.
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Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2026
This prickly dinosaur amazed researchers In August 2025, the new discovery, announced in an article published by the journal Nature, contained vertebrae, dorsal ribs and weird spikes which were fused directly on to the dinosaur's bone.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 28 Dec. 2025
If the leaves were shifted to the dorsal side of the stem, the smiley-face pattern emerged.
—Jacob S. Suissa, The Conversation, 25 Nov. 2025
The dorsal column nuclei process and categorize touch information before sending it to cortical areas that discriminate among different types of touch.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
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Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2026
This prickly dinosaur amazed researchers In August 2025, the new discovery, announced in an article published by the journal Nature, contained vertebrae, dorsal ribs and weird spikes which were fused directly on to the dinosaur's bone.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 28 Dec. 2025
If the leaves were shifted to the dorsal side of the stem, the smiley-face pattern emerged.
—Jacob S. Suissa, The Conversation, 25 Nov. 2025
The dorsal column nuclei process and categorize touch information before sending it to cortical areas that discriminate among different types of touch.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dorsal
Adjective
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These are the least-powerful rear-wheel-drive models, which also happen to be the sweetest-driving versions.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
17 Apr. 2026
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The car also had a distinctive strip of tape on the passenger side where the rear bumper seam meets the quarter panel.—
Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Officially, the Rockies called the injury left posterior shoulder soreness.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
12 Apr. 2026
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All-Star shortstop Jeremy Peña exited in the fourth because of right posterior knee tightness.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Aberg moved ahead of Harris English and Viktor Hovland with an 8-iron to about 15 feet on the back corner of the green on the par-3 17th and made the birdie.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Others noted the woman's arm and back tattoos look similar to the actress'.—
Deirdre Durkan,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The belly attachment catches browns, and the aft attachment catches rainbows.—
Bryan Hendricks,
Arkansas Online,
29 Mar. 2026
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There could also be different configurations, although some features like an aft private cabin with a double bed and the high-speed Starlink WiFi are a given.—
Doug Gollan,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Dorsal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dorsal. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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