posterior
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"The depression and the anxiety I've had from this stupid decision to try and alter my posterior, it just wasn't worth it," she said.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2026
To offset that, he pays extra attention to strengthening the posterior, or back, chain of their bodies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2026
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
Dr. Keith Meister performed the surgery in Arlington, Texas, to repair what Hollander described as a small tear in the posterior of Brash’s ulnar collateral ligament.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2024
“At the occipital bone, the posterior base of my skull,” Rachael said.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
Today, those same simulated posteriors are essential to making sure new sensors are in good working order.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
Those lucky enough to have got their posteriors on the leather seats of ministerial cars all know the situation is bad.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2023
Radke examines the bustle, popularized in 1868, a rare historic moment when women opted to increase the appearance of their posteriors to “create the desired gluteal lump.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 25, 2022
The legion resulting posteriors may protrude into the seawater through natural holes in the sponge and amble along its surface.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 8, 2021
Leg : peea = piya = posteriors, Brumer I. Thigh : tula = turi = knee, Brumer I. Belly : cawara-ny.
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