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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
These stellar remnants are created when stars with masses similar to that of the sun exhaust their fuel for nuclear fusion, the process that converts hydrogen to helium in their cores.
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Any remnants of pressure dissipated even further in the postgame locker room.
—Ben Pickman, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
Paddle amidst the towering rock formations, the remnants of Virgin Gorda's volcanic past, to discover hidden caverns where waves and sand meet.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
The bitter blast of arctic air — the remnants of a fast-moving weather system coming out of Canada called an Alberta Clipper — will engulf the entire Northeast through Monday, with temperatures starting to climb Tuesday.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 21 Dec. 2024
The team also reconstructed what was on his mother’s menu, based on the remnants of her milk in his bones.
—Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
Pulsars are rapidly spinning cosmic remnants called neutron stars that form when massive stars run out of fuel and collapse under their own gravity.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Most of the posters had been scraped away by Wednesday, though remnants of them remained.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 11 Dec. 2024
Analysts say those rebels must now try to unite a country cleaved apart by more than a decade of civil war, one in which dozens of heavily armed militias and remnants of the old regime linger.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Robert Lea, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Any remnants of pressure dissipated even further in the postgame locker room.
—Ben Pickman, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
Paddle amidst the towering rock formations, the remnants of Virgin Gorda's volcanic past, to discover hidden caverns where waves and sand meet.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
The bitter blast of arctic air — the remnants of a fast-moving weather system coming out of Canada called an Alberta Clipper — will engulf the entire Northeast through Monday, with temperatures starting to climb Tuesday.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 21 Dec. 2024
The team also reconstructed what was on his mother’s menu, based on the remnants of her milk in his bones.
—Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
Pulsars are rapidly spinning cosmic remnants called neutron stars that form when massive stars run out of fuel and collapse under their own gravity.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Most of the posters had been scraped away by Wednesday, though remnants of them remained.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 11 Dec. 2024
Analysts say those rebels must now try to unite a country cleaved apart by more than a decade of civil war, one in which dozens of heavily armed militias and remnants of the old regime linger.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for remnants
residues
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The former refers to the 15 fruit and vegetables found to have the lowest amounts of pesticide residues in 2024, a list that currently includes sweet corn, avocado, asparagus, honeydew melon, cabbage, and mushroom.—
Hannah Coates,
Vogue,
28 Dec. 2024
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One statistic indicates that more than 90% of strawberry, apple, cherry, spinach, nectarine, and grape samples tested positive for residues of two or more pesticides, which is pretty sobering stuff.—
Hannah Coates,
Vogue,
28 Dec. 2024
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“Remnants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remnants. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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