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posterior

[po-steer-ee-er, poh-] / pɒˈstɪər i ər, poʊ- /




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To offset that, he pays extra attention to strengthening the posterior, or back, chain of their bodies.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 1, 2026

Throughout these tasks, researchers recorded the activity of neurons in ACA, ORB, VISp and MOp, with particular attention to the signals traveling along the axons linking prefrontal and posterior areas.

From Science Daily Nov. 30, 2025

Research has shown that the premotor and posterior parietal cortices, along with the temporoparietal junction, are active in the brain when we are locating or thinking about ourselves.

From Salon May 26, 2025

The US Ski & Snowboard Team said Shiffrin would continue to be assessed but her anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments "seem intact".

From BBC Jan. 26, 2024

At one end sat Chiron the centaur, his equine posterior collapsed into his magic wheelchair so he looked like a regular human.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

It's not just about red boxes and posteriors on the seats of government cars.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2026

Today, those same simulated posteriors are essential to making sure new sensors are in good working order.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 20, 2026

This from someone who refers to his players’ posteriors as “tails” — as in, “They practiced their tails off this week.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2019

“They kicked our ass,” Texas Coach Tom Herman, then the offensive coordinator at Ohio State, recalled this past summer, but they just did not kick it in the way other posteriors have gotten kicked lately.

From Washington Post Nov. 12, 2017

There was no alternative, therefore, but to fling themselves on their posteriors, and slide down the slope.

From Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt by Johann Baptist Zwecker




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