1
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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2
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
Dana Santas, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
Know that the driver has a posterior hippocampus larger than yours.
—Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
New Atlas, 27 Mar. 2025
And the hitters were not the only ones who bore witness to Hedges’ posterior.
—Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
Training programs focusing on strengthening the posterior chain muscles — hamstrings, glutes and calves — support the rehabilitation process and help prevent future injury.
—Dana Santas, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
Know that the driver has a posterior hippocampus larger than yours.
—Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
Anterior-posterior is the forward-backward force, which measures the acceleration or braking that occurs while running.
—New Atlas, 27 Mar. 2025
And the hitters were not the only ones who bore witness to Hedges’ posterior.
—Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for posterior
Adjective
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And a five-speed transmission sends power to the rear wheels.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
20 Mar. 2026
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According to police, businesses were broken into through the rear doors, and property was stolen from inside.—
Elyssa Kaufman,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Our subsequent Nora movie nights had to be spaced apart because a pall descended and lingered for days after them.—
Han Ong,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
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But after the Leafs’ 3-2 shootout loss to the white-hot Buffalo Sabres, Matthews’ injury and subsequent absence from the team was still front of mind for the Leafs.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The multipurpose color product provides a smooth, velvety matte flush wherever applied, from cheeks to lips, with highly pigmented color to boot.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
17 Mar. 2026
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Her makeup, done by Ashley Ysabelle, featured a mix of cool-toned beige on her eyes and lips with a subtle flush of pink on her cheeks.—
Kara Jillian Brown,
InStyle,
16 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Still, the experience taught me to work with the end in mind, and now the front and back halves of my process are in better synch.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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Later, the city endured years of boarding rooms and back-porch bread lines during wartime and the Great Depression.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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After winning a landslide victory earlier this year that put her Liberal Democratic Party in the driver’s seat, Takaichi now needs to deliver on the fundamental, kitchen-table issues facing the Japanese economy.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Mar. 2026
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The couple are some of the first to take their seats 20 minutes before the telecast starts.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
16 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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By later June your path ahead should become clearer.—
Magi Helena,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
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Lollapalooza typically puts their four-day tickets on sale first and then sell two- and single-day tickets at a later date.—
Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Many birds, for example, produce feathers with elaborate color patterns – from the iridescent plumage of many hummingbirds to the famously brilliant tail of a peacock.—
Logan S. James,
The Conversation,
19 Mar. 2026
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The Pittsburgh office of the National Weather Service posted a dramatic video on X, captured by one of its employees, showing a fireball with a long tail hurtling across a cloudless sky.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
17 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Her assignment, along with another non-skiing ski bum friend of hers, was to secure that spot.—
Moira McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
15 Mar. 2026
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Trying to warm up your bum from the cold was said to produce heavier periods.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Posterior.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/posterior. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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