anterior to
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The document they produced was, Beard argued, “essentially an economic document based upon the concept that the fundamental private rights of property are anterior to government and morally beyond the reach of popular majorities.”
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2025
From anterior to posterior, the fossae increase in depth.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Also, anterior to the premotor cortex and primary motor cortex is Broca’s area.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
In the lateral aspect of the frontal lobe, just anterior to the region of the motor cortex associated with the head and neck, is Broca’s area.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Most of those inscriptions hitherto discovered do not date anterior to the Roman empire.
From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Westbrook, Richard B.
