posterior
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Scientists have long proposed, including Sur's colleague Earl K. Miller at MIT, that the prefrontal cortex can guide the activity of more posterior areas of the brain.
From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2025
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.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2025
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.
From Salon • May 26, 2025
The US Ski & Snowboard Team said Shiffrin would continue to be assessed but her anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments "seem intact".
From BBC • Jan. 26, 2024
I should record them for posterity—a word I only recently learned means the people who come after you in history, not your rear end, which is your posterior.
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
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Vocabulary lists containing posterior
G.1: Principles of Geography (Sources 1–14)
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Animals (Zoology) - Middle School
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UCPS 6th Grade Roots List #7
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