as in seat
the part of the body upon which someone sits
the mother swatted her toddler lightly on his diapered rear end to get his attention
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Recent Examples of rear end
Little Sorrel’s head hangs between its legs, and its rear end rides in the saddle.
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Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026
The second semi-trailer came to a stop in the left lane, and a third vehicle hit the rear end of it, sustaining major damage to the front and driver's side.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 18 Jan. 2026
The gunfire damaged the car’s rear end, trunk, tail light and rear window louver, according to court documents.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 13 Jan. 2026
The first involved three vehicles, and the second crash reportedly happened when Winter collided with the rear end of a truck.
—Christa Swanson, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
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Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026
The second semi-trailer came to a stop in the left lane, and a third vehicle hit the rear end of it, sustaining major damage to the front and driver's side.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 18 Jan. 2026
The gunfire damaged the car’s rear end, trunk, tail light and rear window louver, according to court documents.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 13 Jan. 2026
The first involved three vehicles, and the second crash reportedly happened when Winter collided with the rear end of a truck.
—Christa Swanson, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rear end
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Republican heavyweights Young Kim and Ken Calvert are set to battle in Orange County’s only safe GOP seat, a costly primary forced by redistricting.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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Life spills outside though, where the terraces offer a front-row seat to the famously dramatic cliffs and sea.—
Angela Tafoya,
Vogue,
9 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
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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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Once stationary, deactivate all lights except the hazard flashers, engage the emergency brake, and release the brake pedal to ensure your tail lights remain unlit, minimizing the chance of other drivers colliding with your stationary vehicle.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
5 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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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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The Stars had rebounded from a season-worst, six-match winless skid to construct a three-game points streak, which disintegrated on Tuesday in just their second loss in eight tail ends of back-to-back sets.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
14 Jan. 2026
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The Madrid hierarchy was also in favour last summer of the idea of imposing more discipline and structure on the squad, especially bringing back into line the big-name individuals who, it was felt, had been allowed too much leeway during the low-key tail end of Ancelotti’s second spell last term.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
13 Jan. 2026
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Venezuela cut its deficit in half in the bottom of the first on a Willson Contreras RBI single against Marlins ace Sandy Alcantara that plated Maikel Garcia, who hit an infield single and moved to second on a Luis Arraez walk.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
12 Mar. 2026
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Cardiff finished bottom of the Premier League in the 2013-14 campaign, before Caulker again suffered relegation from the top flight with Queens Park Rangers the following season.—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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The lineage of her home party, Fratelli d’Italia, or Brothers of Italy, traces back to the rump of Mussolini’s fascists.—
Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2026
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In 70 experiments conducted over a few days, Veronika applied the implement exclusively to hard-to-reach areas, like her rump, loin, thurl and navel flap.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Long balls from back to front, quick passes in-behind and counter-attacks are the most common ways.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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Betts collapsed into her lectern, the come-from-behind winner with a ticket punched for the Jeopardy!—
Claire McNear,
Rolling Stone,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Rear end.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rear%20end. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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