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posteriors

noun

plural of posterior

as in cheeks

the part of the body upon which someone sits the baseball players were always slapping one another on the posterior

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Recent Examples of posteriors And this place was crawling with worms, though not ones that would actually crawl, given that their posteriors were structured to attach to a surface. — ArsTechnica, 2 Apr. 2026

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Rose Gray played her All Points East festival set with super-sparkled cheeks, while Lady Gaga tested out the season’s trending clavi-cut.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2026
Lips and cheeks have been hogging all the attention recently, while lids and lashes have been going nearly naked.

— Elle Turner, Glamour, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of cheeks

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Producer and 10 Lives founder and CEO Daniel Catullo set the stage for such a party by introducing the film and encouraging audience members to get out of their seats during the showing and record clips of the doc.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026
As Jair Bolsonaro mounted a successful campaign for the presidency, Flávio Bolsonaro ran for one of Rio de Janeiro’s seats in the Federal Senate.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of seats

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Kennedy’s Albany is a vital, violent place, a hothouse of gangsters, pool hustlers, bums, crooked politicians, and showgirls.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026
For families Apart from the family-sized villa estates and kid-friendly menus, Nihi has a host of activities that will please even the youngest beach bums.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of bums

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Yellow-rumps, as birders call them, have been seen migrating through northern Illinois even in April and late March.

— Sheryl DeVore, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
The women stood on the doorsteps with their rumps to the crowd, skirts lifted to flash tattered green knickers.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026

Definition of rumps

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Catalogs, booklets and leave-behinds can carry a brand story longer than a QR code and scroll can.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Two teams of American stars and one of players representing nine other countries competed their behinds off in one of the most thrilling All-Star games ever.

— Joe Vardon, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2026

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