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behind

[bih-hahynd] / bɪˈhaɪnd /






PREPOSITION
in support
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A wave of maturing assets in the seven-to-nine-year-old bucket behind them is also rising.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

“There’s so much pressure to seem like pro-innovation and there’s a lot of fear about seeming behind on that,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

"Offensive agents are unconstrained, while the best defensive tools are locked behind guardrails that cannot understand context."

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Meta needs to explain the implication of the changes - including whether regulators can link crimes committed by a username to a person behind it, the blogger adds.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

And while the other kids behind him run around to the backyard, the kid in the hat comes toward us.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

"It is the first moment that separates our heads from our behinds."

From Science Daily Mar. 23, 2024

Research published Thursday in the journal Science suggests they feed their hatchlings a milk-like substance too, but from their behinds.

From New York Times Mar. 7, 2024

If the AeroCollect works well, he won’t need to don masks and gloves and get permission to draw chickens’ blood and swab their behinds.

From Science Magazine Jan. 5, 2023

LeBron’s advice for family still applies: They should sit their behinds down.

From Washington Post Nov. 11, 2021

The gnomes weren’t helping either, lumbering along with their big swinging behinds blocking two lanes.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer




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