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as in residue
a remaining group or portion
They tested for chemical residuals in the water.
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as in reminder
a lingering indication of something from the past
Some modern traditions are residuals of ancient beliefs and rituals.
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as in lingering
still existing or happening after something is completed or removed
The oven was still warm with residual heat. The area is still dealing with the residual effects of the flood.
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Recent Examples of residual
Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 7 Apr. 2026
More than 100 people working in legal, events and residuals departments went on strike over allegations of unfair labor practice, according to the Los Angeles Times.
—ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026
In contrast, your companies, which have been commissioning television programmes in the UK for over 10 years, have still not signed up to any form of royalty or residual scheme for the benefit of UK directors.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 15 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Based on the available information about their new agreement, the writers received wage increases, improvements in residuals, greater contributions to their health care fund, and protections related to the use of scripts as training data in AI systems.
—Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 7 Apr. 2026
More than 100 people working in legal, events and residuals departments went on strike over allegations of unfair labor practice, according to the Los Angeles Times.
—ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
However, Argentina’s bank-lending rate stands at a punishing 46%, reflecting the residual cost of years of monetary mismanagement.
—Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026
In contrast, your companies, which have been commissioning television programmes in the UK for over 10 years, have still not signed up to any form of royalty or residual scheme for the benefit of UK directors.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 15 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for residual
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In the Laundry Room Your washer and dryer might look clean, but liquid detergents and fabric softeners can leave sticky residue along their exteriors.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Apr. 2026
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With Stomp, players can wipe the dust off their Jordans without carrying the plastic residue long term.—
Max Scheinblum,
Denver Post,
17 Apr. 2026
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That air purifier is still on, every filter change a reminder that nothing about the device, designed to keep me safe, is recyclable.—
Abigail Stone,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Apr. 2026
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The half-dozen screens punctuating the show with this gesture offer potent and campy but all-too-serious reminders that anger and nostalgia for a world of white supremacy are not dead.—
Horace D. Ballard,
Artforum,
22 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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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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Vacant Kmart buildings have been a headache for various municipalities in the county and around the region going back decades — even before its 2002 bankruptcy — as communities try to figure out what to do with the last remnants of the once-massive retailer.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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Trails thread through remnants of the same ancient sea that once also flowed over South Dakota's Badlands National Park—keep an eye out for fossils.—
Julia Sayers Gokhale,
Midwest Living,
17 Apr. 2026
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The war has killed at least 3,000 people in Iran, 2,020 in Lebanon, 23 in Israel and more than a dozen in Gulf Arab states, and caused lasting damage to infrastructure in half a dozen Middle Eastern countries.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Attacks have caused lasting damage on infrastructure in half a dozen countries in the Middle East.—
Munir Ahmed,
Fortune,
11 Apr. 2026
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After five months, DriveSavers recovered the contents of two of them, with artifacts of the damage still visible in certain images.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Among them is the demanding task of turning a pile of artifacts into a museum collection, which includes cataloging, researching, describing and photographing.—
Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Residual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/residual. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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