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

Most floors are now vacant and remaining tenants, such as the Connecticut State Police Union, have been making plans to leave. —Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2026

The final remaining treaty constraining the two largest of them, belonging to America and Russia, expired last month without being replaced. —Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026

Given that Connor McGovern (Bills) and Tyler Biadasz (Chargers) landed with teams before Monday, the top remaining center options were Tyler Linderbaum and Mays. —Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026

The district’s last remaining middle school bus routes were cut in 2020 due to declining ridership. —Encinitas Advocate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 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