REMAINED Synonyms: 96 Similar and Opposite Words

remained

verb

past tense of remain

as in stayed

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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as in continued

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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Recent Examples of remained At least 211 people were rescued from an Indonesian ferry that caught fire last month in rough seas near the Indonesian tourist island of Bali, while one person was found dead and four others remained missing. — Iman Satria, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026 Despite those difficulties, Fiesta Hispana remained free and continued its support of educational opportunities for high school and college students and nonprofit organizations. — J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026 The leaders who remained steady did not treat recovery as a reward for finishing the work. — Dennis Volpe, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026 Related Stories But Lisa’s image — and life — remained under the control of YG. — Marlow Stern, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026 On Monday, the airport still posted dozens of flight delays, and one runway still remained closed while another one was restricted. — Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2026 The godwit males remained in spruce treetops, give or take an occasional short flight. — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026 In 1947, Jackie Robinson integrated Major League Baseball, yet by 1955, Little League in the South remained segregated. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026 Temasek and True Light Capital, an asset manager wholly owned by Temasek, joined as minority investors and Permira remained committed as a strategic minority shareholder. — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026

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Even with an over route that, under very few scenarios becomes part of the progression, Moore should have stayed full throttle and recognized the leverage in the secondary to flatten his route.

— Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Kids of mixed ages organized their own games and made up their own rules, while adults stayed mostly on the sidelines or stayed away entirely.

— Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of stayed

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Heading into the night, Apple TV was in a good place, and Widow’s Bay continued to win six more trophies throughout the evening, bringing its total to 14.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026
Even after the ruling, the insurer continued to deny smoke damage claims.

— Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of continued

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The court also said any problems caused by the timing of the ruling is the fault of the secretary of state, who waited eight months before making a decision on the ballot initiative.

— Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
Americans for Citizen Voting argued in its application to Kavanaugh that the state had waited more than five months to reject the signatures and then did so on questions about those from a sample of 1,000 out of more than 700,000 submitted.

— Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2026

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The sport previously competed just shy of 19 miles north of Madrid, at Circuito del Jarama, and F1’s tenure at that track lasted from 1968 to 1981, though four of those years were spent at Montjuïc Circuit in Barcelona.

— Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
This inaugurated the transatlantic African slave trade, which lasted until 1808, when it was banned by Congress.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of lasted

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Police were not required to refer people to services, treatment providers received no additional funding, and waitlists persisted.

— Karyn Sporer, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026
But even if United had drawn this game 0-0, those doubts about the squad would have persisted.

— Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

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