Thesaurus results for REAR END

rear end

noun

Definition of rear end

as in seat

the part of the body upon which someone sits the mother swatted her toddler lightly on his diapered rear end to get his attention

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Recent Examples of rear end The Palisade’s second generation also includes new front and rear end appearances. — James Raia, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2026 The design choice makes the missiles look strange, their rear end bulging. — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026 This slowed the Briton due to his car suddenly oversteering more, where the rear end of the car feels less stable to a driver. — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 27 June 2026 The tapered rear end is charming, especially the vertical fins and rear lighting elements that create a shape unlike anything else on the road. — Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 19 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for rear end

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Noun

Costco is an awkward exhibit for putting shareholder-value maximization in the driver’s seat.

— Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2026
As Democrats work to defend the Michigan Senate seat, their nominee apologizes for comments about a synagogue attack.

— NBC news, NBC news, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of seat

Noun

Yusef Toubassi sits with his grandson Masa, looking on as children run by with cheeks painted bright colors and others howling with joy as clowns spin them around.

— Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Aug. 2026
When choosing a shade, think about the natural flush of your cheeks and match that.

— Valeriya Chupinina, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of cheeks

Noun

In many cases, the robot tail wags the living dog by tricking it—tricking us—into caring about obscure metrics, then gamifying the process of improving them.

— Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026
Then, in 2023, as NASA brought the worm out of retirement, the logo regained its place on the tail, and the insignia (meatball) was moved to the body under the cockpits.

— Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of tail

Noun

Burns & McDonnell’s presence in Kansas City dates back to its founding at tail end of the 19th century.

— Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 21 July 2026
For context, the issue here is that number is nearly identical to what the game was doing at the very tail end of the season before season 2 launched, around 11-12K.

— Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 16 June 2026

Definition of tail end

Noun

The soft, stretchy fabric moves with you across terminals without bunching or binding, and because the top and bottom are already matched, getting dressed at the crack of dawn requires zero thought.

— Jill Layton, PEOPLE, 30 Aug. 2026
The Twins struck back with three runs in the bottom of the first.

— LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of bottom

Noun

Then, pair a Black Angus rump steak, aged for three weeks in herbed butter and redolent of fresh rosemary (€38), with a glass of a spicy-fruity Barolo from the pioneering Piedmont vintner Chiara Boschis (€22).

— New York Times, New York Times, 16 July 2026
This would create partition on the patriots’ terms, not Britain’s, as 13 contiguous colonies seceded from the rump of the British Empire in North America.

— David Armitage, Washington Post, 26 June 2026

Definition of rump

Noun

On his debut against Chelsea, Marmoush made 12 in-behind runs, according to SkillCorner, the most any City player other than Haaland had made in a game for over eight months.

— Thom Harris, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
San Jose had four come-from-behind wins in the previous 12 games against LA at Stanford.

— Harold Gutmann, Mercury News, 26 July 2026

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