remnants

noun

plural of remnant
1
as in remainders
a remaining group or portion sailed home with just a remnant of the colony's original population aboard

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2
as in scraps
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 remnants The threat of flooding continues Thursday in both Texas and across the Corn Belt, driven by the remnants of Hurricane Polo. — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026 Southern California has had a particularly swampy summer, thanks to tropical storm remnants and unusually warm ocean temperatures. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 There are some little remnants, some ice blocks still lying around and melting there on the hot rocks. — Imogen Foulkes, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026 The hurricane's remnants will eventually merge later Tuesday with an existing storm system and supercharge moisture across a large swath of the United States. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026 Fleck cleaned himself up, but had remnants of blood stains on his right white sleeve during postgame. — CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026 And indeed, experiencing its remnants in 3D is another thing altogether. — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2026 Her fiction is cluttered with bric-a-brac, bits and bobs, stuffed into boxes and drawers and cupboards—remnants of someone’s past. — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2026 The hurricane center indicates environmental conditions are favorable for the remnants to become a tropical depression again, with the chances of storm formation at 70% over 48 hours and 90% over the next seven days. — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for remnants
  1. remainders
  2. scraps
  3. rests
  4. residues
Noun
  • Perhaps even a rag-tag group of remainders can put a scare into San Antonio.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 1 May 2026
  • The best-case scenario would be for the Lakers’ remainders to extend the best-of-seven series with the Rockets long enough for Doncic and Reaves to rejoin LeBron James in that Big Three, either at the end of this series or the start of the next one.
    — Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 13 Apr. 2026
Definition of remainders
Noun
  • But his script, co-written with regular collaborator Jack Coulter, is less impressive, welding together story scraps from other, better films to rather turbid, uninvolving effect.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Other fabric scraps of the original dress were used to create handkerchiefs for Noah, her brothers, and herself to carry on the day.
    — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of scraps
Noun
  • An appliance that melted rests on a counter in D&P Green, a pine resin distillery destroyed by the wildfire in Le Porge.
    — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Some perspective on just how unique that figure is rests inside the TruMedia database, which goes back to 2000.
    — Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of rests
Noun
  • During the 19th century, factories and processing plants brought raw materials together in unprecedented quantities and consolidated their unwanted residues in the same sites.
    — Edward D. Melillo, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
  • First, the continuous scouring action of the water jet removes slag and oxidized sputtering residues, producing a clean processing interface with smooth inner walls and vertical groove profiles.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
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“Remnants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remnants. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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