as in remainders
an unused or unwanted piece or item typically of small size or value
a patchwork quilt sewn together from the fag ends of many bolts of cloth
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Noun
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Of all big-time sports in the United States, college football employs the most caste-like system, where success, money and power has traditionally, and almost without exception, been wielded by the biggest, most tradition-rich football programs and everybody else fights for scraps.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
19 Jan. 2026 -
The teams engaged in a handful of other scraps in the game’s closing minutes but that did little to alter the result.—
Ivan Carter,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Jan. 2026
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The remnants of a 19th-century shipwreck have been unearthed on the beach at a New Jersey state park.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
23 Jan. 2026
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For someone like Crystal, whose childhood would have been violently destroyed by the Rage outbreak, the remnants of human culture become distorted scripture.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Fag ends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fag%20ends. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
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