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
Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 22 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, the posterior portion of the hippocampus that lit up is the same region associated with an adult’s episodic memory banks.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 21 Mar. 2025
Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
And then there was the rising popularity in the twenty-tens of Brazilian butt lifts, signalling the hastening shift of America’s erotic focus from the bosom to the posterior.
—Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
The Celtics star also sat out Tuesday’s home victory over Brooklyn and last Friday’s win at Miami with what the team called a right knee posterior impingement.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 22 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, the posterior portion of the hippocampus that lit up is the same region associated with an adult’s episodic memory banks.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
And the hitters were not the only ones who bore witness to Hedges’ posterior.
—Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
And then there was the rising popularity in the twenty-tens of Brazilian butt lifts, signalling the hastening shift of America’s erotic focus from the bosom to the posterior.
—Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for posterior
Adjective
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Porto found traces of DNA from three people, including O'Keefe, on the outside of Read’s right rear taillight and on multiple pieces of O’Keefe’s clothing.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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The man was not injured, though troopers found multiple bullet holes in his vehicle, which shattered the rear windshield.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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The subsequent phases are expected to include an electric barrier and more acoustic deterrents.—
Olivia Olander,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2025
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Relatively muted in violence and gore compared to its sequels, Saw lays the groundwork for each subsequent film almost by accident.—
Declan Gallagher,
EW.com,
10 May 2025
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An older woman, a friend of my mother’s (my mother was also a teacher at the school), walked over and pinched my cheeks, first one and then the other, as an adult might do to an infant.—
Yiyun Li,
The New Yorker,
23 Mar. 2025
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Ironically, her swollen face looks plump and round despite her partial buccal fat removal — a procedure that extracts the soft pads of tissue found inside the cheeks to create a slimmer face.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN,
22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Prosecutors say Dugan escorted Eduardo Flores-Ruiz and his lawyer out of her courtroom through a back jury door on April 18 after learning that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were in the courthouse seeking his arrest.—
Todd Richmond,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2025
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Nothing about them has changed, but since the back half of 2024, when two of the sport’s highest-profile players were sanctioned for breaching them, the anxiety players feel has intensified.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
14 May 2025
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Nobody’s going to beat you the last 150 meters, the Denver East senior assured herself, as Lakewood’s Eliana Angelino rode her tail.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
16 May 2025
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But a clear victory for democracy in Bangladesh, a country of 170 million people, carried a sting in its tail.—
Simon Montlake,
Christian Science Monitor,
16 May 2025
Noun
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Where to eat La Pizza & La Pasta, which has almost 300 seats, features a menu highlighting two of Italy’s best exports.—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
19 May 2025
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The renovation will also add 2,000 seats in the courtside-level bowl.—
Jessica Golden,
CNBC,
19 May 2025
Noun
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This was all done with a bum wrist, which posed as an inconvenience to him at times.—
Hannah Kirby,
Journal Sentinel,
4 Aug. 2024
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Tommy, left to prosecute the case against Rusty, has inherited a bum gig.—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
26 July 2024
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Atatürk forged the modern Turkish state from the rump of the Ottoman Empire in part by focusing Turkish identity on nation rather than on faith.—
Reuel Marc Gerecht,
The Atlantic,
19 Apr. 2025
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Their procedural only ups the ante as the boys raid a KKK rally (one of the members is played by Michael Shannon), and Mike betrays his best friend two times over — accidentally shooting him in the rump and secretly dating his younger sister, DEA Special Agent Syd (Gabrielle Union).—
Rendy Jones,
EW.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Posterior.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/posterior. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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