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 debate has become an emotional flashpoint in the conservation world, forcing scientists, wildlife officials and advocates to grapple with the difficult question of whether killing one owl species is the only remaining way to save another. —Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026

In April, a federal judge denied Bankman-Fried’s motion for a new trial, leaving the pardon request as one of the crypto convict’s last remaining legal recourses. —Camila Grigera Naon, Fortune, 9 June 2026

Brush with remaining brown butter, slice, and serve with butter and honey. —Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 9 June 2026

Please continue to heed remaining road closures. —Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 June 2026

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