Thesaurus results for REAR END

rear end

noun

Definition of rear end

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 The rear end resisted kicking out as quickly or as far as before, as the system shuffled power between the rear and front to make the car go forward as quickly as possible. — Joel Feder, The Drive, 28 May 2026 The first surgery patient that day was a little boy with an abscess on his rear end. — Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026 In all three cases, the light-saber-like lighting unit itself quickly attaches/detaches to and from a bayonet mount at the rear end of the main bracket. — Ben Coxworth may 15, New Atlas, 15 May 2026 Or one that doesn’t deal primarily with (obscenity deleted) in a dance club or how much someone likes big rear ends. — Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 13 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for rear end

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Noun

No Republicans filed to run for the seat, which is currently held by Venessa Huskey.

— Nathan Pilling July 27, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026
Thekla, Becomes First Women’s Grand Slam Champion Mercedes Mone looked on from the stands with no lighting and surrounded by empty seats.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of seat

Noun

As their national anthem played before the match, tears streamed down the cheeks of the Argentina players, emphasizing their emotional investment in the occasion.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
As for beauty, Lopez was glowing to the max with luminous glam, complete with rosy cheeks, shimmery eyeshadow, glossy lips, and long, patterned nails.

— Christina Perrier, InStyle, 17 July 2026

Definition of cheeks

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The flashbacks deliver some classic cat-and-mouse conspiracy-thriller action, as these two try to figure out who’s on their tail.

— Noel Murray, Vulture, 24 July 2026
In the underwater video, an adult female orca is seen holding onto a dead sharp-tail sunfish that the group had previously killed.

— Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 23 July 2026

Definition of tail

Noun

Burns & McDonnell’s presence in Kansas City dates back to its founding at tail end of the 19th century.

— Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 21 July 2026
For context, the issue here is that number is nearly identical to what the game was doing at the very tail end of the season before season 2 launched, around 11-12K.

— Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 16 June 2026

Definition of tail end

Noun

His game-tying two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 1 of the World Series is the greatest moment in the history of the franchise.

— Mac Engel July 26, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 July 2026
Sporting Kansas City didn't get a shot on target until the 77th minute of a loss that kept them at the bottom of the Western Conference standings.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 July 2026

Definition of bottom

Noun

Then, pair a Black Angus rump steak, aged for three weeks in herbed butter and redolent of fresh rosemary (€38), with a glass of a spicy-fruity Barolo from the pioneering Piedmont vintner Chiara Boschis (€22).

— New York Times, New York Times, 16 July 2026
This would create partition on the patriots’ terms, not Britain’s, as 13 contiguous colonies seceded from the rump of the British Empire in North America.

— David Armitage, Washington Post, 26 June 2026

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