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as in rest
a remaining group or portion
the remainder of the pills were saved in case they were needed later
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as in scrap
an unused or unwanted piece or item typically of small size or value
the remainder of the dough can be used to make a tartlet
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Recent Examples of remainder
There are many types of irrevocable trusts, including the popular charitable remainder trust.
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Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024
She was first elected county clerk/register of deeds in 2012, defeating Republican Willis Bullard Jr., who’d been appointed to fill a remainder term.
—Staff, Detroit Free Press, 21 Sep. 2024
Peoria school board chooses not to use remainder of federal mental health grant
What does the AI security camera technology do?
—Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 16 Sep. 2024
And once Abraham Romero was sent off late in the first hall, midfielder Sean Zawadzki was forced to take the goalkeeping gloves for the game’s remainder.
—Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
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Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024
She was first elected county clerk/register of deeds in 2012, defeating Republican Willis Bullard Jr., who’d been appointed to fill a remainder term.
—Staff, Detroit Free Press, 21 Sep. 2024
Peoria school board chooses not to use remainder of federal mental health grant
What does the AI security camera technology do?
—Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 16 Sep. 2024
And once Abraham Romero was sent off late in the first hall, midfielder Sean Zawadzki was forced to take the goalkeeping gloves for the game’s remainder.
—Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
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See totals for city, rest of Kentucky Flurries in Louisville Monday, cold temperatures this week Graham said Monday flurries will differ from snow seen Saturday night into Sunday, where the NWS office recorded 1.4 inches of snow and the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport saw 0.7 inches.Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 2 Dec. 2024
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Sleep: Adequate rest helps support your immune health, and not getting enough sleep can increase your risk of infections like the cold.Sarah Jividen, Health, 1 Dec. 2024
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Du Plessis went six for 11 on takedowns during Saturday’s scrap.Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Many Americans never knew the EV1 existed — and the fight to keep it alive ended with GM crushing nearly all the cars into scrap.Jack Mitchell, NPR, 6 Dec. 2024
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At the heart of the case is the Mile Post 7 tailings basin, which holds a slurry of crushed rock, wastewater and other remnants of taconite mining.Jason Fields, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
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The orcas face silent threats, too: persistent organic pollutants, which are remnants of chemicals used liberally by industry and in agriculture in the ’80s and ’90s.Jules Struck, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Dec. 2024
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Controlling Morocco will complete the audacious Chinese plan: The Strait, with Morocco at its southern end, is only eight miles wide.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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On the surface, this could mark the end of Baddoo’s tenure with the Tigers.Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 11 Dec. 2024
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Mazzoli created a lush score that was alternately sweeping or intimate, sensuous or mystical, yet with a distinctive sound that was her own weaving a thread through the piece.Janelle Gelfand, Cincinnati.com, 19 July 2017
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This is why the war stories of Tom Clancy are such convincing and moving pieces of fiction.Janine Barchas, Washington Post, 18 July 2017
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“Remainder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remainder. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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