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

Rocky’s Restaurant is the last remaining Italian-American restaurant in a neighborhood that was once the epicenter of the city’s sizable Italian population. —Mary Lebus, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Dec. 2025

Barrack made similar comments earlier this week, saying Ankara could resolve remaining issues over its Russian S-400 air defense system within four to six months, according to media reports. —MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025

Shubeir said the world should understand that Gaza's students are holding onto education as their last remaining path to a stable future. —Diaa Ostaz, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2025

The stock soared 30% following the OpenAI deal as investors cheered the company’s massive jump in remaining performance obligations, or future revenue that has not yet been recognized. —Pia Singh, CNBC, 10 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