remaining

adjective

re·​main·​ing ri-ˈmā-niŋ 

: left over after a part has been destroyed, taken, used, or lost

Dough should not stick to sides of bowl; if it does, add some or all of remaining 2 tablespoons of bread flour until dough cleans sides of bowl.

—Tish Boyle

"You're good people," Kugelmass said, combing his few remaining hairs as he climbed into the cabinet again.

—Woody Allen

The researchers, focusing on distinct oral languages, not dialects, interviewed and made recordings of the few remaining speakers of a language and collected basic word lists.

—John Noble Wilford

Examples of remaining in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The closure of the three remaining locations of Chando’s Tacos on Tuesday marked an inauspicious turn — if not the end — for a Mexican food chain that rapidly expanded across and beyond the capital region but contracted in recent years. —Ethan Wolin updated July 29, Sacbee.com, 29 July 2025

According to Concourse, the film has a majority of international territories sold so the company will be shopping domestic and remaining territories in Cannes next week. —Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 7 May 2025

Before the fourth and final ball was revealed for the first drawing, the four teams with the best remaining odds to win were the Islanders (10th), the Chicago Blackhawks (second), the Philadelphia Flyers (fourth) and the Pittsburgh Penguins (ninth). —Carol Schram, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025

The assumption is the Wolves won’t be able to do that in each of their final five games, even with one of the league’s most favorable remaining schedules. —Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 4 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for remaining

• abstaining
• attaining
• campaigning
• complaining
• constraining
• containing
• detaining
• disdaining
• entraining
• explaining
• maintaining
• obtaining