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as in rests
a remaining group or portion
the remainder of the pills were saved in case they were needed later
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as in remnants
an unused or unwanted piece or item typically of small size or value
the remainder of the dough can be used to make a tartlet
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Noun
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Next to her rests a Rodeo bag, a style from Piccioli’s predecessor Demna, here shown dangling an array of charms and the model’s first initial.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
21 Oct. 2025 -
The fate of the 2025 49ers season rests, in many ways, on the physically narrow shoulders of Kendrick Bourne — agent of chaos.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
17 Oct. 2025
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By developing a new theoretical relation describing just how compact neutron stars — which are the remnants of massive stars that have gone supernova — can get, researchers have found a way to test the properties of nuclear physics under very extreme conditions.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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The surviving remnants of colonies, mainly located toward the north end of the reef system, are also vulnerable to disease, predators and storm damage.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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The sizes are perfect for leftovers or to make a larger salad.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
29 Oct. 2025
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All of it Friday was the result of the tail end to an atmospheric river that promised to soak the most northern parts of California and Oregon while leaving some leftovers for this region.—
Rick Hurd,
Mercury News,
25 Oct. 2025
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No more countertop composters hogging space, and no more frozen bags of scraps taking up precious ice cream real estate.—
Editors of Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 Oct. 2025
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Use 4-inch round cookie cutters to cut out, rerolling scraps as needed.—
Jenavieve Christensen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Oct. 2025
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Even small pieces of space junk (for example, leftover or broken pieces from space launches or nonfunctioning satellites) can have catastrophic effects.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Prepping your home for winter should go beyond pulling out holiday decorations — especially when so many pieces from Martha Stewart’s cozy modern farmhouse furniture collection are on sale during Wayfair Way Day.—
Rachel Trujillo,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease that occurs when the cartilage that cushions the ends of bones breaks down over time.—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
31 Oct. 2025
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Curtis and Kirk were indeed to be found on opposite ends of virtually every hot-button cultural issue on which the latter made his name as a debater and provocateur.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Remainders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remainders. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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