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posterior

adjective as in rear

adjective as in subsequent

noun as in rump

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"Since Terry never won 'Rear of the Year' I think his posterior preserved for posterity in Colwyn Bay seems right. I'm absolutely behind it."

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When strength training later in life, more attention must be paid to building strength around the joints, Herbert says, and strengthening the posterior, or back, chain of the body.

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As a parent, the first time I saw one of my sons talk out of their posterior on a subject they knew nothing about, I laughed.

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Donny is certainly demented, but he’s not nearly delusional enough that he didn’t recognize the single most ham-handed posterior puckering since “this Nobel award” was ever talked about.

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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.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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