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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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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
Planets will spiral into their stellar remnants or get ejected on timescales of 1025 years or so.
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Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 3 Oct. 2025
Overgrown with blackberries and ivy, the man spotted remnants of garlic from his father's garden.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2025
These chemical fossils—the molecular remnants of once-living organisms that have been buried, transformed, and preserved in sediment over time—were discovered in rocks that date back to more than 541 million years ago, during the Ediacaran Period.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
Investigators then found remnants of Halbach's camera and cellphone in a burn barrel.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Given the vast differences between the bone fragments, Evans and her colleagues initially believed that the remnants belonged to two separate species of squamates—the taxonomical group composed of lizards and snakes.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 1 Oct. 2025
The remnants of a tropical storm that brought steamy rain and a volatile atmosphere to the Bay Area last week have faded, according to the National Weather Service.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
It's been a year since the remnants of Hurricane Helene walloped eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina with devastating and deadly flooding, and forcing most rafting companies to cease operations.
—Rolando Arrieta, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
Rolsky agrees with many others that these PVA remnants are too dissolved to define them as microplastics—but for him, that’s precisely the problem.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 3 Oct. 2025
Overgrown with blackberries and ivy, the man spotted remnants of garlic from his father's garden.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2025
These chemical fossils—the molecular remnants of once-living organisms that have been buried, transformed, and preserved in sediment over time—were discovered in rocks that date back to more than 541 million years ago, during the Ediacaran Period.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
Investigators then found remnants of Halbach's camera and cellphone in a burn barrel.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Given the vast differences between the bone fragments, Evans and her colleagues initially believed that the remnants belonged to two separate species of squamates—the taxonomical group composed of lizards and snakes.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 1 Oct. 2025
The remnants of a tropical storm that brought steamy rain and a volatile atmosphere to the Bay Area last week have faded, according to the National Weather Service.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
It's been a year since the remnants of Hurricane Helene walloped eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina with devastating and deadly flooding, and forcing most rafting companies to cease operations.
—Rolando Arrieta, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
Rolsky agrees with many others that these PVA remnants are too dissolved to define them as microplastics—but for him, that’s precisely the problem.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for remnants
Noun
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Some of the blame for how far things have gotten rests on us.—
Matt Robison,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
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The team’s breakthrough rests on a new solid electrolyte.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Oxygen or green material includes grass clippings, produce scraps, tea bags, and coffee grounds.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
27 Sep. 2025
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The researchers had shown in 2023 that parasitic scraps of DNA could spread within bacterial populations by hitching rides on the tails of infecting viruses.—
Elie Dolgin,
IEEE Spectrum,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The hair that would otherwise sprout from his postpubescent body has been replaced by the residues of fire—that Promethean symbol of dawning human specialness.—
Harmon Siegel,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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Pesticides, pharmaceutical residues, industrial chemicals, microplastics, dyes, and PFAS continue to enter the water cycle.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Remnants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remnants. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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