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 The couple was released three days later, but the children have remained in state custody ever since. —

Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 11 May 2026 Their recipe for success, however, remained depth. —

Dan Albano, Oc Register, 10 May 2026 When British Prime Minister Keir Starmer visited the Forbidden City in January, Xi did not attend and the site remained open to the public. —

Will Weissert, Fortune, 10 May 2026 For decades, Flores remained a person of interest in Smart’s disappearance. —

Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 10 May 2026 Reigns hit Fatu with a clothesline, who remained unmoved, and then Fatu took Reigns down with a clothesline. —

Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026 The agency said another Californian remained on the ship as of Friday. —

Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026 Meanwhile, the Marlins are sending catcher Agustin Ramirez to Triple-A after an uneven first five weeks in which his power declined, his defense remained poor and base running errors frustrated the team. —

Barry Jackson, Sun Sentinel, 4 May 2026 As of May 2026, the wrongful death lawsuit against Lakewood and its police department remained unresolved. —

Paul Larosa, CBS News, 3 May 2026

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The fans who stayed until the end of Thursday’s loudly saluted the Ducks for the roller-coaster ride this club took them on this season.

— Eric Stephens, New York Times, 15 May 2026
The two stayed friendly afterward, and Williams stood by Longet when tragedy and scandal struck a year later, in 1976.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2026