How to Use the rest in a Sentence
the rest
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And those two teams are well ahead of the rest of the field.
—Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2025
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For the rest of your life, you would be kind of screwed.
—Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Dec. 2023
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The Blazers managed just 24 points in the paint the rest of the game.
—Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 2 Jan. 2024
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About $63 of that went to the fair, the rest went to Cedar's owners.
—Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2023
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The film was broken off from the rest of the film shot for that day.
—Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Sep. 2023
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But the directors loved it — and so does the rest of the world.
—Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Dec. 2023
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So where can the MLB team's games be seen for the rest of the 2023 season?
—Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 18 July 2023
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Who doesn’t want to know how that plays out the rest of her life?
—Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2024
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And then, the rest of it is just selling month-to-month.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 14 Jan. 2024
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Pliers will pull the skin, and a small sharp knife does the rest.
—John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Apr. 2023
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The queen then stays in the nest for the rest of her life, which ends in autumn.
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 27 Feb. 2025
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Other plans are still be worked out for the rest of the week.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2024
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At least the rest of the episode was much, much better than that.
—Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2023
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Then open those options up to the rest of the group and go for the one that gets the most votes.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
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High hedging hides the tennis court from the rest of the yard.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 2 May 2024
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If that scene didn’t work, the rest of the film was going to fall apart.
—Carolyn Giardina, Variety, 15 Feb. 2025
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The leaf blades are wider and lighter green in color than the rest of the grass in my lawn.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2023
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Place on a lined baking tray and mold the rest of the mooncakes.
—Michelle Tchea, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024
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Here are some of the takeaways from CES that may define the rest of the year.
—Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 10 Jan. 2025
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There will be no sneaking up on the rest of the NFC like last year.
—Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Sep. 2023
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The game was played within a possession the rest of the way.
—Bruce Pascoe, The Arizona Republic, 14 Jan. 2024
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Watch his segment in the video player above, and check out the rest of the episode here.
—BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023
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If 10 hours on stand are too much, sleep in, sneak to your spot at 9 a.m., and hunt out the rest of the day.
—Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
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England takes on Spain to earn the title of best above the rest.
—Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2023
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The third shade, which was a deeper blue, covered the rest of her legs.
—Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2023
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And, frankly, we're being isolated in the rest of the world.
—Nbc Universal, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2023
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The head is brought to the surface before the rest of the body; this overrides the dive reflex.
—Bekka Besich, Parents, 3 Sep. 2023
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The second friend sends her virtual hugs the rest of the day.
—Hazlitt, 7 Feb. 2024
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For the rest of the performance, the queen is split into four: daughter, wife, mother, and her present elder self.
—Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
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The Panthers only have 18 games remaining in the regular season, so Ekblad will not play the rest of the regular season and would be sidelined for the Panthers’ first two playoff games as well.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2025
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