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 posteriors
And this place was crawling with worms, though not ones that would actually crawl, given that their posteriors were structured to attach to a surface.
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ArsTechnica, 2 Apr. 2026
ArsTechnica, 2 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for posteriors
Noun
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Makeup Deals Under $25 My current makeup fixations are glowy bases and flushed cheeks.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
17 Apr. 2026
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Instead of reserving blush strictly for your cheeks, try dabbing a small amount underneath your eyes.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Miami Herald,
15 Apr. 2026
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Riley, off to a sluggish start, tacked on his first homer of the season in the sixth by sending one into the left-field seats off John King.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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The center-right Tisza will take 137 of the 199 seats in the Hungarian parliament, with Fidesz gaining just 56 – a supermajority that gives Magyar an extensive mandate to enact change.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
16 Apr. 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
Noun
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And the International Dark Sky Week couldn’t have come at a more opportune time, just on the tails of NASA’s Artemis II mission, when all eyes were on the sky.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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Many meteors originate from comets, breaking off as these celestial bodies approach the Sun, heating up and sprouting tails of dust and gas; this debris can fall into our atmosphere, manifesting as brilliant shooting stars.—
Sharon Adarlo,
Futurism,
15 Apr. 2026
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The women stood on the doorsteps with their rumps to the crowd, skirts lifted to flash tattered green knickers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 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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Two teams of American stars and one of players representing nine other countries competed their behinds off in one of the most thrilling All-Star games ever.—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2026
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And, as the Broadway League reminds, weekly grosses and attendance numbers reflect tickets sold, not tickets scanned or actual behinds in seats.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Posteriors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/posteriors. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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