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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
They are arranged in the order in which they are expressed, from anterior to posterior.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2018
Figure 13.4 Human Neuraxis The mammalian nervous system is arranged with the neural tube running along an anterior to posterior axis, from nose to tail for a four-legged animal like a dog.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The greater wing is best seen on the outside of the lateral skull, where it forms a rectangular area immediately anterior to the squamous portion of the temporal bone.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The central part of Dartmoor was a royal forest from a date unknown, but apparently anterior to the Conquest.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various
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