remaining

adjective

re·​main·​ing ri-ˈmā-niŋ 

: left over after a part has been destroyed, taken, used, or lost

Dough should not stick to sides of bowl; if it does, add some or all of remaining 2 tablespoons of bread flour until dough cleans sides of bowl.

—Tish Boyle

"You're good people," Kugelmass said, combing his few remaining hairs as he climbed into the cabinet again.

—Woody Allen

The researchers, focusing on distinct oral languages, not dialects, interviewed and made recordings of the few remaining speakers of a language and collected basic word lists.

—John Noble Wilford

Examples of remaining in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Critical roles are eliminated, institutional knowledge is lost and remaining employees become disengaged, overworked and less productive. —Sherzod Odilov, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025

If the Wild are able to get one point in their finale versus Anaheim on Tuesday, or if Calgary loses any of its three remaining games — in regulation or in overtime — the Wild are in the playoffs. —Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 13 Apr. 2025

How each performs in the most important remaining games of the regular season could sway who earns the nod in two weeks. —Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025

The Kings have the 14th-most difficult remaining schedule. —Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 31 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for remaining

• abstaining
• attaining
• campaigning
• complaining
• constraining
• containing
• detaining
• disdaining
• entraining
• explaining
• maintaining
• obtaining