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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Under the 2026 contract, the company will provide lifecycle support while continuing to develop, produce, and install the new fire control systems through 2032.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Mar. 2026
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Junior kept busy during his hiatus, formalizing his own $ad Boyz Records in 2024 and introducing his first signing, Valenzuela; the label operates alongside Rancho Humilde, with Junior remaining under contract and continuing to release albums for the latter.—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
5 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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Its still waiting to load up and head to Bangladesh.—
Vanessa Yurkevich,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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Perhaps the first season’s misguided focus is just one more wrinkle waiting to be ironed out — an attempt to fit HBO’s edgy, contemporary brand from a creative team best suited for broad comedy.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
5 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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The Warriors are thus persisting in the oddest of spots between the tankers and the contenders during the playoff push.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
5 Mar. 2026
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What followed was many more weeks of back-and-forth negotiations between attorneys for FEMA and their state counterparts — with questions persisting about whether certain spending would trigger an environmental review required under federal law.—
Kate Payne,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Mar. 2026
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Filip Hronek surviving fine without Quinn Hughes Before the Quinn Hughes trade, Filip Hronek had a 47 percent xG while scoring at a 42-point pace.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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History buffs will appreciate the Bonnet House Museum & Gardens, a 1920s estate with tropical charm, and the Stranahan House Museum, the city’s oldest surviving home.—
Carrie Honaker,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Remaining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remaining. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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