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 bladder lies anterior to the uterus in females, posterior to the pubic bone and anterior to the rectum.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
They are referred to as prevertebral because they are anterior to the vertebral column.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The posterior longitudinal ligament is found anterior to the spinal cord, where it is attached to the posterior sides of the vertebral bodies.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Cause is no longer merely a phenomenon anterior to another, the antecedent of a consequent.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 by Various
