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
The patella, or kneecap, is a triangular bone that lies anterior to the knee joint.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
The book lung looks like a book with many pages and is located just anterior to a spiracle in the ventral abdomen.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
Figure 17.7 Hypothalamus–Pituitary Complex The hypothalamus region lies inferior and anterior to the thalamus.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The reader of Shakespeare will remember the prodigies anterior to the death of Julius Cæsar when— “The sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets.”
From Satires And Profanities by Foote, G. W. (George William)
