1
as in rear
being at or in the part of something opposite the front part
the chapel's posterior location in the church serves to make it a quiet retreat
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2
as in subsequent
being, occurring, or carried out at a time after something else
artifacts dating from a posterior historical period
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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 posterior
Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
Tush Push Friends don’t let friends reenact this Eagles play, a quarterback sneak that involves shoving someone’s posterior with tremendous force.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2024
Those pert patriotic posteriors are all-natural, made in the U.S.A., baby.
—EW.com, 26 Oct. 2023
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Adjective
Sum body Four things to know about your butt, er, posterior.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
Tush Push Friends don’t let friends reenact this Eagles play, a quarterback sneak that involves shoving someone’s posterior with tremendous force.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
Noun
The two locked arms around backs, with Jenner's hand dropping south and staying perched on Chalamet's famed posterior for longer than any claims of accidental contact.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2024
Those pert patriotic posteriors are all-natural, made in the U.S.A., baby.
—EW.com, 26 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for posterior
Adjective
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The lens ships with the standard accessories: front and rear caps, a reversible hood, and a carrying pouch.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
5 Mar. 2025
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Its 5100-mAh battery gives you up to 13 hours of life, and its front and rear cameras can be used with the Google Lens app to match up products with online sellers, translate texts from foreign languages, and identify plants and animals.—
Ho Lin,
Miami Herald,
3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Murphy looks back over the entirety of his career, from his earliest days as a small-time Brooklyn stand-up comedian to his time as a cast member on SNL and subsequent comedic specials and movie franchises beginning in the 1980s and ’90s.—
Erik Morse,
Vogue,
27 Feb. 2025
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In contrast, the subsequent pyroclastic flows would have only reached 869 degrees Fahrenheit—and would have cooled down too slowly.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Dry eye disease is a condition that can disrupt your daily life with symptoms like stinging, burning, redness or even tears that roll down your cheeks.—
Sandra Rose Salathe,
Flow Space,
30 Dec. 2024
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Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk On the Go Set Join the ranks of Meghan Markle, Amal Clooney, Emma Stone and other celebs who have worn this brand by snagging this travel set for the eyes, lips and cheeks.—
Shalwah Evans,
People.com,
28 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Adjusted operating income, which adds back depreciation, amortization and impairment charges, was -$801,000 (Sphere) and $33.7 million (MSG Networks).—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
3 Mar. 2025
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Sometimes business start-ups lack the skills to effectively manage a business’s back office and bookkeeping functions, including developing defensible financial projections for loan applications.—
Oweesta,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Pokémon’s Charizard is a large, orange dragon with turquoise wings and a flame at the tip of its tail.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN,
6 Mar. 2025
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According to police, the woman snuck up behind the horse and pulled its tail while the rider still was in the saddle.—
Rick Hurd,
The Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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If one of the fleets is free, an option will pop up to accept the Waymo, or wait for a non-autonomous vehicle, so that antsy riders won’t be forced into a car with an empty driver’s seat.—
Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Mar. 2025
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One of the people with a front-row seat for the Flight 8 fireworks was Stefanie Waldek, a journalist who also happens to be a Space.com contributor.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This was all done with a bum wrist, which posed as an inconvenience to him at times.—
Hannah Kirby,
Journal Sentinel,
4 Aug. 2024
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Tommy, left to prosecute the case against Rusty, has inherited a bum gig.—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
26 July 2024
Noun
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But a rump of conservative Catholic traditionalists with money and political power are fomenting division.—
R. R. Reno,
Foreign Affairs,
13 Nov. 2018
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The ruffled rumps of Colleen Allen Colleen Allen fall 2025 Photo: Annie Powers / Courtesy of Colleen Allen Colleen Allen fall 2025 Photo: Annie Powers / Courtesy of Colleen Allen In terms of memorability, the fresh-on-the-scene designer’s NYFW presentation rivaled household names.—
Kelsey Stiegman,
Vogue,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Posterior.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/posterior. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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