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as in to stay
to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time
one of the three bridges known as "the London Bridge," it was moved in the late 1960s to Lake Havasu City, Arizona, where it remains today
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as in to continue
to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state
the fact remains: it's still impossible to be in two places at once
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Recent Examples of remain
Deborah and Ava get to develop while their process, for the most part, remains the same — and remains funny.
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Apr. 2026
In a post on Wednesday, the singer insisted that ticket prices will remain the same as last year.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2026
While the office market is slowly recovering, multi-tenant clients remain a smaller part of the overall business, Buzza said.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
The crash remains under investigation.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Apr. 2026
In a post on Wednesday, the singer insisted that ticket prices will remain the same as last year.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2026
While the office market is slowly recovering, multi-tenant clients remain a smaller part of the overall business, Buzza said.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
The crash remains under investigation.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for remain
Verb
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While the situation may feel serious, Lipsher stressed that preparation is about staying ahead of the problem, not panicking.—
Spencer Wilson,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Costs, such as equipment, have crept up over time while soybean prices have stayed low.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Afterward, Fanning continued to play girls forced to inhabit a maturity beyond their years, including in two films by Sofia Coppola, the auteur of precisely that theme.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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Ali and another 73 migrants then continued on to England, where he was arrested.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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The tanker Rich Starry had been waiting off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, according to shipping data firm Lloyd’s List, which cited data from the energy cargo-tracking firm Vortexa.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Quick had already gone down the tunnel after the final buzzer, and Bobrovsky asked some of the Rangers to send word that Florida was waiting to give him an appropriate sendoff.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Wednesday's meeting lasted more than two hours, and Sharif was accompanied by Pakistan Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar.—
April 16,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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These conditions typically begin about two days after the child has been exposed to rotavirus but could last between three and nine days.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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With no end to the larger skirmish in sight, fears persist that the shipment of medical supplies could remain at risk.—
Justin Klawans,
TheWeek,
9 Apr. 2026
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This correlation survived as the quarks formed hyperons and persisted even after the hyperons decayed in less than a tenth of a billionth of a second.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Remain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remain. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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