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as in to stay
to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time
one of the three bridges known as "the London Bridge," it was moved in the late 1960s to Lake Havasu City, Arizona, where it remains today
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as in to continue
to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state
the fact remains: it's still impossible to be in two places at once
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Recent Examples of remain
Both remain his career-highs at this stage of his career.
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Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
That’s because Xi holds a number of trump cards: China remains the world’s biggest exporter of goods, wielding significant power across the world.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
Plus, both Nathans remained the property of Horizen.
—Claire Franken, TVLine, 12 Aug. 2025
Even after a trade agreement between the U.S. and China to alleviate restrictions, approvals for Western companies remain sluggish, emphasizing the necessity of establishing a secure domestic supply.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
That’s because Xi holds a number of trump cards: China remains the world’s biggest exporter of goods, wielding significant power across the world.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
Plus, both Nathans remained the property of Horizen.
—Claire Franken, TVLine, 12 Aug. 2025
Even after a trade agreement between the U.S. and China to alleviate restrictions, approvals for Western companies remain sluggish, emphasizing the necessity of establishing a secure domestic supply.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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To stay at Casa Carolina is also to support the hotel's commitment to sustainability, woven through the fabric of its operations in big ways and small.—
Carley Rojas Ávila,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Former Angels' superstar Shohei Ohtani will take the mound for his new Los Angeles club as the Dodgers fight to stay at the top of the NL West standings.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 2025
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For more than a dozen years, the Food and Drug Administration quietly allowed substandard foreign factories to continue shipping medications to the United States even after the agency officially banned them from doing so because of dangerous manufacturing failures.—
Debbie Cenziper,
ProPublica,
13 Aug. 2025
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In 2022 alone, donor participation dropped by 10%, and this trend has continued to the present, with a slight rebound in 2024.—
Leslye Moore,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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And tax professionals remain on edge now, waiting for the Internal Revenue Service to issue more guidance.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Too many producers waiting for someone else to wave the magic wand and send them a check.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
7 Aug. 2025
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Again, there are parts of this phase that aren’t going to last forever.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
16 Aug. 2025
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Construction will last until 2041, perhaps far longer.—
Stacy Torres,
New York Daily News,
16 Aug. 2025
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If stains persist, repeat the steps above before the item is dried.—
Patricia Shannon,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Aug. 2025
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In the decades since, concerns about nuclear power and radioactive waste disposal have persisted — and so has coal power, which, despite its decline in recent years, still makes up more than half of Kentucky's electricity generation.—
Connor Giffin,
The Courier-Journal,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Remain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remain. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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