as in cheeks
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
Years later, however, the designer revealed the ensemble wasn't actually peek-a-boo: there was in fact sheer fabric covering the artist's rear end.
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Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
The Elevated Velocity’s profile ― long hood, spacious interior, short rear overhang, fastback rear end ― is consistent with the current Cadillac Lyriq and Celestiq.
—Mark Phelan, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
Trump fell on his rear end as Putin pulled a cease-fire in Ukraine off the table.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2025
The Elevated Velocity’s profile ― long hood, spacious interior, short rear overhang, fastback rear end ― is consistent with the current Cadillac Lyriq and Celestiq.
—Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 14 Aug. 2025
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Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
The Elevated Velocity’s profile ― long hood, spacious interior, short rear overhang, fastback rear end ― is consistent with the current Cadillac Lyriq and Celestiq.
—Mark Phelan, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
Trump fell on his rear end as Putin pulled a cease-fire in Ukraine off the table.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2025
The Elevated Velocity’s profile ― long hood, spacious interior, short rear overhang, fastback rear end ― is consistent with the current Cadillac Lyriq and Celestiq.
—Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rear end
Noun
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Carpenter rocked her hallmark voluminous blonde curls, finishing the beauty moment with rosy pink cheeks and a matching lipstick.—
Kelsey Stewart,
Footwear News,
19 Oct. 2025
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Her cheeks grew sore from smiling.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Simons would stand near Lillard’s seat and receive a high-level basketball education from the All-Star point guard.—
Jay King,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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The Zone 4 seat is up for reelection in March 2026.—
Edward McKinnon,
Arkansas Online,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The plane's inflatable escape slide was deployed, and the nose and tail sections of the plane separated.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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The aircraft was left partially submerged with its tail section snapped off, video showed.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Bill got his second deer, and hurt his bum knee while packing out the animal.—
Marguerite Reiss,
Outdoor Life,
9 Oct. 2025
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Cora planned for his players to test the right fielder’s bum elbow — the Red Sox always attack pinstriped vulnerabilities on the basepaths — and sure enough Nick Sogard turned a single into a double in the seventh because Judge can’t throw the ball.—
Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Hydro Flask’s offering comes at a time when everyone’s attention is turned to charms: a carry-over trend from 2024’s tail end, when, according to Lyst Index’s Q4 2024 report, searches for bag charms spiked by 77 percent on the platform.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
1 July 2025
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The ultra-high-performance model, which debuted in 2023 at the very tail end of the third-generation Challenger’s lifecycle, added a 3.0-liter supercharger to the original Demon variant’s 6.2-liter Hellcat V-8.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
30 June 2025
Noun
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The second was hit at 338 paces in the rump.—
Jack O'Connor,
Outdoor Life,
24 Sep. 2025
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His skin was taut with strength; his rump came right off his back like his father’s.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Aug. 2025
Noun
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In the second game of the series, Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched a no-hitter until his last batter, Jackson Holiday, hit a home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth.—
Nelson Espinal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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The pastel hues are broken up at the bottom of this pair with burgundy rubber below the shoe’s signature Abzorb SBS cushioning pods.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
14 Oct. 2025
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To make budgetary room for this bold endeavor, the duo advocated cutting the behind-schedule and over-budget Space Launch System (SLS), the super-heavy lift rocket intended to take astronauts back to the Moon with the Artemis program.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
15 Oct. 2025
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Those victories have been followed with a come-from-behind, 41-38 win at Miami (Ohio), a good 31-17 win at Wyoming and another comeback, a 51-48 win at Air Force in which the Falcons missed a game-tying field goal as time expired.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Rear end.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rear%20end. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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