as in cheeks
the part of the body upon which someone sits
all I saw was his tail end vanishing around the door
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Recent Examples of tail end
Kelce would need to leave by 3 p.m. CT and have everything go perfect to make the very tail end of the red carpet before the show starts.
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Bryan West, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2024
Researching the small intestine – and not only the gut’s tail end – might just be microbiome medicine’s most pioneering upstream start.
—Christopher Damman, The Conversation, 14 June 2024
This forward momentum also gave rise to Lollapalooza, the first American touring festival of its kind, and, at the very tail end of the decade, the maiden edition of Coachella in Palm Springs, which became the gold standard of festivals by the early 2000s.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 3 Sep. 2024
Video and photos shared online also show the aircraft partly perched on the exit, with its tail end extending onto the roadway and one wing broken.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2024
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Bryan West, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2024
Researching the small intestine – and not only the gut’s tail end – might just be microbiome medicine’s most pioneering upstream start.
—Christopher Damman, The Conversation, 14 June 2024
This forward momentum also gave rise to Lollapalooza, the first American touring festival of its kind, and, at the very tail end of the decade, the maiden edition of Coachella in Palm Springs, which became the gold standard of festivals by the early 2000s.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 3 Sep. 2024
Video and photos shared online also show the aircraft partly perched on the exit, with its tail end extending onto the roadway and one wing broken.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tail end
Noun
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An older woman, a friend of my mother’s (my mother was also a teacher at the school), walked over and pinched my cheeks, first one and then the other, as an adult might do to an infant.—
Yiyun Li,
The New Yorker,
23 Mar. 2025
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With her hands clasped to the sides of her face, the well-to-do woman is said to have demonstrated her request by lifting the corners of her mouth and cheeks.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN,
22 Mar. 2025
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Spiny lobster tails make their way north from Marathon’s Key’s Fisheries.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2025
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Unfortunately, these ticks co-exist with lone star ticks, and to make the matter worse, both of these ticks feed on white tail deer.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
28 May 2025
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The approximately $65 million project will add up to 1,600 seats and feature 12 field-level suites, 44 loge boxes, 148 ledge seats and 882 club seats.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
31 May 2025
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In 2016, 23 Republicans won seats carried by Hillary Clinton and 12 Democrats won seats carried by Trump — a total of 35 crossover districts going into 2018.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
30 May 2025
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This was all done with a bum wrist, which posed as an inconvenience to him at times.—
Hannah Kirby,
Journal Sentinel,
4 Aug. 2024
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Tommy, left to prosecute the case against Rusty, has inherited a bum gig.—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
26 July 2024
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The outfit put her rear end on full display, with a long fabric covering her nether regions.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
5 May 2025
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By then, prosecutors allege O'Keefe had been mortally injured by the rear end of Read's Lexus SUV and left for dead as a blizzard picked up strength.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2025
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The south was not fully occupied by Nazi forces until 1942, with the country administered by a rump state, Vichy France.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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Atatürk forged the modern Turkish state from the rump of the Ottoman Empire in part by focusing Turkish identity on nation rather than on faith.—
Reuel Marc Gerecht,
The Atlantic,
19 Apr. 2025
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Unfortunately for the Ducks, UCLA would hit a walk-off two-run homer in the bottom of the inning.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 May 2025
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Miami center fielder Michael Torres ended the game with his back to the wall in right-center, having just enough room to catch Kade Snell’s would-be walk-off, three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth.—
Walter Villa,
Miami Herald,
31 May 2025
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Why Contacts Cause Dry Eyes Wearing contact lenses splits the tear film of your eyes into two layers, one in front of the contact and the other behind.—
Suchandrima Bhowmik,
Health,
26 Apr. 2025
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On March 1, bullfighter Emilio Macias was seriously injured in the neighboring state of Tlaxcala after being pierced in the behind by a bull’s horn.—
Reuters,
CNN,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Tail end.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tail%20end. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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