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as in rest
a remaining group or portion
sailed home with just a remnant of the colony's original population aboard
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as in remainder
an unused or unwanted piece or item typically of small size or value
gathered together her fabric remnants to see if she had enough of them to sew a doll blanket for her niece
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Recent Examples of remnant
Then last week, the remnants of Tropical Storm Arthur drenched huge swaths of the state.
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Drew Kann,
AJC.com,
24 June 2026
Having corn on the cob during the summer is a must, but dealing with remnants of corn in your teeth or the mess of buttery goodness all over your hands can be a pain.
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Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
24 June 2026
Those outer layers are eventually lost altogether, leaving behind a dense stellar remnant known as a white dwarf.
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Robert Lea,
Space.com,
22 June 2026
The synths don’t feel futuristic so much as a new age remnant, a reminder that Zimmerman spent much of his career pursuing a muse that kept him on the fringes of popular music.
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Stephen Thomas Erlewine,
Pitchfork,
22 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for remnant
Drew Kann,
AJC.com,
24 June 2026
Having corn on the cob during the summer is a must, but dealing with remnants of corn in your teeth or the mess of buttery goodness all over your hands can be a pain.
—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
24 June 2026
Those outer layers are eventually lost altogether, leaving behind a dense stellar remnant known as a white dwarf.
—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
22 June 2026
The synths don’t feel futuristic so much as a new age remnant, a reminder that Zimmerman spent much of his career pursuing a muse that kept him on the fringes of popular music.
—
Stephen Thomas Erlewine,
Pitchfork,
22 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for remnant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for remnant
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Also, target areas where your own pet rests, such as under the deck.
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Guests rotate through heat, cold and rest, moving from saunas and steam rooms into cool or Nordic plunge pools before recovering in hammocks, Adirondack chairs or warm pools with waterfalls and jets.
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Buckle up for a newsy remainder of the term.
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Perhaps even a rag-tag group of remainders can put a scare into San Antonio.
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Being joyful there — in the Dominican Republic, where small shacks and houses pieced together by junkyard scraps sometimes hold families with over a dozen members — seems incomprehensible.
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There are panel beaters, scrap metal sellers, upholsterers.
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“Remnant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remnant. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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