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to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time
- one of the three bridges known as "the London Bridge," it was moved in the late 1960s to Lake Havasu City, Arizona, where it remains today
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to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state
- the fact remains: it's still impossible to be in two places at once
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“Remain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remain. Accessed 6 Mar. 2021.
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The first known use of remain was in the 14th century
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