as in residual
still existing or present after other parts are used or removed
Beat the eggs and milk together, then add the remaining ingredients.
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as in staying
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 continuing
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 remaining
Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 3 Mar. 2026
The last remaining Connecticut location for Hooter’s has closed.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 3 Mar. 2026
Luzdelia Caballero, CBS News, 11 Mar. 2026
By that time the larvae are long gone, Musah says, and the only remaining insect evidence is the hard shell-like exteriors of the pupae, tools of metamorphosis discarded after the larvae become adult flies.
—Rohini Subrahmanyam, Scientific American, 10 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
This step helps brighten the interior and eliminate remaining odors.
—Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 3 Mar. 2026
The last remaining Connecticut location for Hooter’s has closed.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 3 Mar. 2026
Verb
Of the seven classrooms, two were shutdown and students were moved out of the remaining five as a precaution.
—Luzdelia Caballero, CBS News, 11 Mar. 2026
By that time the larvae are long gone, Musah says, and the only remaining insect evidence is the hard shell-like exteriors of the pupae, tools of metamorphosis discarded after the larvae become adult flies.
—Rohini Subrahmanyam, Scientific American, 10 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for remaining
Adjective
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A lot of this still feels like residual 2024-25 momentum, combined with a relatively less competitive chart period.—
Eric Renner Brown,
Billboard,
10 Mar. 2026
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The residual fermentation will slowly carbonate the finished beer naturally.—
Blaine Callahan,
Hartford Courant,
9 Mar. 2026
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Since many hotels usually have a couple pillows of different firmness levels on a bed, falling and staying asleep won’t be a fever dream no matter your sleeping position.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
9 Mar. 2026
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Last week, the council voted 9–6 to direct the city manager to study moving its emergency operations, dispatch and service call center out of City Hall while devising funding plans for repairing the aging building, staying there and relocating.—
Devyani Chhetri,
Dallas Morning News,
9 Mar. 2026
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Oklahoma emerged from the break continuing its offensive spurt and outscored the Gamecocks 13-5 in the first five minutes of the second half and led 56-47.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
12 Mar. 2026
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The actors paused momentarily before continuing.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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Thomas missed 57 games last season, mostly because of the same lingering left hamstring issue.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2026
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On the one hand, that means that many survive the disease without serious lingering effects.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
18 Dec. 2025
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Not so Grace, who always seems aware of an audience on the other side of the movie screen, waiting to be entertained.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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Authorities said four gunmen, identified as citizens of Tajikistan, shot people who were waiting for a show by a popular rock band and then set the building on fire.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Mar. 2026
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With each solar orbit lasting 769 days, that’s a real-time slowdown of just over 10 micrometers per second, shrinking the asteroids’ 300-million-mile orbit by 2,360 feet.—
Marcia Dunn,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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Your reliability builds lasting bridges that support future goals.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 Mar. 2026
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Georgieva said a 10% increase in energy prices persisting for a year would push global inflation up by 40 basis points and slow economic growth.—
Erica Yokoyama,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
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The gusty conditions are expected to continue across Los Angeles and Ventura counties on Saturday with moderate to strong Santa Ana winds persisting through Sunday, the National Weather Service’s area forecast said Saturday.—
Alexandra Del Rosario,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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In the state’s death chamber in Huntsville, Ricks apologized in his last statement to the third, surviving victim, Marcus Figueroa, who watched the execution through glass, the closest person among his relatives in an observation room to Ricks.—
Emerson Clarridge
Updated March 12,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Mar. 2026
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Elliott and others located the victims at Pizza City early on the morning of April 16, shooting one victim to death and shooting another surviving victim multiple times.—
Josh Davis,
Baltimore Sun,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Remaining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remaining. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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