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 of Reddick’s car slid entering Turn 1, and Reddick ran into Jones before hitting the wall. — ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026 The Palisade’s second generation also includes new front and rear end appearances. — James Raia, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2026 The design choice makes the missiles look strange, their rear end bulging. — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026 This slowed the Briton due to his car suddenly oversteering more, where the rear end of the car feels less stable to a driver. — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 27 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for rear end

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Noun

The school has also opted into athlete revenue sharing, and its home stadium seats 24,000.

— Manny Navarro, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Artists picking stadiums look first for seats that can command a lot of money.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of seat

Noun

In the directors’ box, owner-chairman Steve Gibson blows out his cheeks while a euphoric stadium falls over itself with happiness and relief.

— Michael Walker, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
The rest of her Emmys look was soft and sweet, with delicate pink shades on her cheeks and lips and a few strokes of liner and mascara to define her blue eyes.

— Kara Nesvig, Allure, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of cheeks

Noun

One simply went outside through a doggy door, while the other tried to engage the man, walking up to him repeatedly with toys in mouth, tail wagging.

— Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
The 2% miss rate that looks like a rounding error to a generalist reads as a five-year tail problem to an operator.

— Kyle Nakatsuji, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of tail

Noun

Within the often zany and slapstick realm of Bob’s Burgers, Tina still manages to steal the show with her singular voice, romantic fantasies, and obsessions with unicorns and boy bums.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2026
Even then, and with Nix having a bum ankle to Mahomes’ bum knee, the Broncos have shown a lot more in the last year to inspire confidence than the Chiefs have.

— J.J. Bailey, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of bum

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

Not enough potential to win a Super Bowl, but enough gaps for the bottom to fall out if things go wrong.

— Adam Coleman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
The other is beneath the large green leaves at the bottom of the plant, which, when lifted, show the bromeliad is dying off, Huffman said.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 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

Definition of rump

Noun

Their behinds gyrated with more purpose; their dancing seemed to become more intense and serious.

— Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
As the graphic below shows, Fernandez-Pardo is comfortable running in-behind down the channels and sending in crosses, as well as beating his defender and cutting balls back for team-mates.

— Chris Waugh, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026

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