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hangovers

noun

plural of hangover
as in leftovers

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  1. leftovers
  2. remnants
  3. corpses
  4. remainders
  5. balances
  6. scraps
Noun
  • Turns out, Peanut wings are just as good for leftovers, and even less messy!
    — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026
  • At the end of class, families can take home containers filled with leftovers for future meals.
    — Hope Hodge Deck, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of leftovers
Noun
  • And indeed, experiencing its remnants in 3D is another thing altogether.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Her fiction is cluttered with bric-a-brac, bits and bobs, stuffed into boxes and drawers and cupboards—remnants of someone’s past.
    — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of remnants
Noun
  • But Holmes was later resurrected—his creator needed some fast cash, yes, but Britain wanted for good crime-solvers, to go by the glut of corpses and killers in Sleuth-hound.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Stellar mass black holes are basically the corpses of dead stars.
    — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of corpses
Noun
  • Perhaps even a rag-tag group of remainders can put a scare into San Antonio.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 1 May 2026
  • The best-case scenario would be for the Lakers’ remainders to extend the best-of-seven series with the Rockets long enough for Doncic and Reaves to rejoin LeBron James in that Big Three, either at the end of this series or the start of the next one.
    — Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 13 Apr. 2026
Definition of remainders
Noun
  • Avici, a self-custodial neobank affected by this incident, reported 1,685 users and $500,859 in card balances gone, and the company pledged full refunds to those affected.
    — Shawn Yu, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Milk balances osmolarity, which promotes water absorption by cells.
    — Veronica Cristino, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of balances
Noun
  • For the preview, Preston is using eX-Ray recycled cotton made from pre-consumer factory offcuts and production scraps, along with deadstock fabric from past collections.
    — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The storm scraps flights, concerts and sports events The storm forced a change of plans for many people.
    — Matthew Mulligan, NBC news, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of scraps
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“Hangovers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hangovers. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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