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

Existing MetroCards will also continue to work into 2026, allowing riders to use remaining balances. —Philip Marcelo, Fortune, 29 Dec. 2025

As Shasta collapsed, users were instructed to recover remaining balances through the state-run Banco Nacional de Crédito. —Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Dec. 2025

Please continue to heed remaining road closures. —Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 22 Dec. 2025

Beat 2 tablespoons flour into remaining dough until just combined; remove from mixer, and set aside. —Anna Theoktisto, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 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