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

The biggest remaining test is still running the bases, which could happen any day now. —Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 24 May 2025

The busiest remaining travel day will probably be Friday. —Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 23 May 2025

Do too much, and Chinese leaders may conclude that force is the only remaining path to unification. —Oriana Skylar Mastro, Foreign Affairs, 20 May 2025

Chicago Bears: Mike Green, EDGE, Marshall The pass rush is clearly the biggest remaining need on this roster. —Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 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