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

Top rolls with remaining Fontina. — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 June 2026

Endeavour is assembled in a vertical, launch-ready configuration with solid rocket boosters and the last remaining flight-qualified external tank, ET-94. — Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 24 June 2026

There’s been little noise around Hronek, who’s Vancouver’s last remaining premium trade chip. — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 23 June 2026

The chain, which closed its remaining Iowa stores as part of the bankruptcy, will soon return to Iowa. — Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 23 June 2026

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