How to Use the remainder in a Sentence

the remainder

noun
  • Would she be forced to serve the remainder of her sentence here?
    J Wortham January Lavoy Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 2 May 2024
  • Decisions for the remainder of the game were based on a three-point, and not a four-point, lead.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The New York Yankees are on the hook for the remainder of the $19 million owed Hicks this season and next.
    Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
  • The shooting happened around 11:57 a.m. and the mall was closed for the remainder of the day, the sheriff's office said.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2023
  • At the same time, Iowa is one of the rare campaign events that can shake up the remainder of the primary.
    G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 16 Jan. 2024
  • The Bucks ruled him out for the remainder of the game with a lower back contusion.
    oregonlive, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Add half of the soy sauce marinade to a large bowl; reserve the remainder for the dipping sauce.
    Cammie Kim Lin, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2023
  • For the remainder of their trip, the teens were treated like celebrities on the island.
    Sydney Page, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2024
  • About five of those miles were on a 55-mph road, and the remainder were on the highway, very near EV mode's 81-mph top speed.
    K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Most of those funds will help offset the remainder of the new clubhouse costs, Nanos said.
    Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2024
  • In testing, the tool simply moved the crop to the side a bit and then left it in that same position for the remainder of the clip.
    PCMAG, 30 June 2024
  • The studio has no MCU releases set for the remainder of the year.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Other deserts and lakebeds in the West were responsible for the remainder of the dust.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 July 2023
  • The Browns announced shortly afterwards that the 29-year-old had been ruled out for the remainder of the game.
    Ben Morse, CNN, 23 Oct. 2024
  • The singer’s tour schedule for the remainder of May includes stops in Lisbon and Madrid.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2024
  • But a May strike would put the remainder of this spring’s preplanned FYC events in limbo.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 1 May 2023
  • Your rate and payment will also change monthly for the remainder of the term.
    Aly J. Yale, wsj.com, 7 Dec. 2023
  • For the remainder of this week, encore episodes from the beginning of the premiere week will air.
    Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The demand sparked a secret court battle that would consume Team 10 for the remainder of the Mueller probe.
    Aaron C. Davis and Carol D. Leonnig The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 3 Aug. 2024
  • While Spears herself will record an introduction to the book, Williams will lend her voice to the remainder of the project.
    Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The Bruins spent the remainder of the game feeding Pastrnak to try to get him to 50, but the Habs kept him on tight lockdown.
    Emma Healy, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Mar. 2023
  • These will be his only U.S. concert dates for the remainder of 2024.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2024
  • The winner will serve out the remainder of Grisham-Stewart's term, which lasts until the end of 2027.
    Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Some receive the vaccine, and the remainder get a placebo.
    Ayana Byrd, Health, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Trump, however, holds the lead in the remainder of the battleground states.
    Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
  • About 80% of that is in consulting, with the remainder in software, Krishna said.
    Jordan Novet, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2024
  • That scoreline remained intact for the remainder of the half.
    Nathan Dunn, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2024
  • The special election winner would hold the seat for the remainder of the unexpired term.
    Fox News, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Pre-tax earnings for the remainder of the retailing group collapsed by 61.9%.
    Bill Stone, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Booker is serving his second full term but was first elected to the Senate in 2013 in a special election to serve the remainder of the late Sen. Frank Lautenberg’s term.
    Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Nov. 2024

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