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

White added a second goal in the 46th minute to push the lead to 5-1. Adrian Anaya ended the game with goals in the 61st and 63rd minute to end the game as the Falcons led by eight goals with 20 minutes or less remaining. —Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Mar. 2025

Here are the Panthers’ biggest remaining needs as the team enters free agency: Safety: The Panthers have just two players at the position entering the middle of the week: Moehrig and second-year DB Demani Richardson. —Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 12 Mar. 2025

Paying attention to risk and remaining discipline are two super powers in this business. —Adam Sarhan, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025

And in determining a path forward, the club’s performance across this upcoming five-game road trip and in their seven remaining games before the deadline looms large. —Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 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