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as in stayed
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 continued
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 remained
Floodwaters and mudslides almost entirely wiped out some communities such as Asheville, North Carolina, where residents have remained without electricity and cell service while facing water, gas and food shortages.
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Peter Aitken, Fox News, 4 Oct. 2024
Almost 1 million homes and businesses remained without power in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
Tens of thousands residents, most in Western North Carolina, remained without running water.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
Garbers remained confined to an exercise bike midweek after being knocked out of the Bruins’ loss to Oregon last weekend with an unspecified injury, leaving his status in doubt for the game against the Nittany Lions.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
But union members voted nearly unanimously to reject it and have remained on strike since September 13.
—Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
More than a half century had passed since Elvis left the building, but the structure’s four circles hadn’t been cut into other shapes, and the effortlessly cool style of the era remained mostly intact.
—Kelly Dawson, Architectural Digest, 4 Oct. 2024
Oil markets have remained unusually stable over the past year since the October 7, 2023 attacks by Hamas on Israel, mainly due to the lack of any threat to the free flow of oil out of the Persian Gulf.
—David Blackmon, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
The court remained silent as the verdicts were read.
—Adrian Sainz, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
Peter Aitken, Fox News, 4 Oct. 2024
Almost 1 million homes and businesses remained without power in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
Tens of thousands residents, most in Western North Carolina, remained without running water.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
Garbers remained confined to an exercise bike midweek after being knocked out of the Bruins’ loss to Oregon last weekend with an unspecified injury, leaving his status in doubt for the game against the Nittany Lions.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
But union members voted nearly unanimously to reject it and have remained on strike since September 13.
—Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
More than a half century had passed since Elvis left the building, but the structure’s four circles hadn’t been cut into other shapes, and the effortlessly cool style of the era remained mostly intact.
—Kelly Dawson, Architectural Digest, 4 Oct. 2024
Oil markets have remained unusually stable over the past year since the October 7, 2023 attacks by Hamas on Israel, mainly due to the lack of any threat to the free flow of oil out of the Persian Gulf.
—David Blackmon, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
The court remained silent as the verdicts were read.
—Adrian Sainz, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for remained
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The company’s traditional TV division continued to struggle.Bruce Gil, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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The finance sector has had a blowout year, with major banks beating expectations on strong revenue growth, continued net interest income strength, and favorable projections through year’s end and into 2025.Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 13 Nov. 2024
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The British team, with only a small lead, raced flawlessly while the Italians waited for mistakes that never came.Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2024
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His administration waited until the fall of 2020, weeks before the presidential election, to release $13 billion in assistance for Puerto Rico's recovery.Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 3 Oct. 2024
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His tenure at the top lasted six months.Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 4 Oct. 2024
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Even though the strike lasted just three days, the cargo backlog is likely to take over a month to clear, according to project44, a supply chain data company in Chicago.Laura Curtis and Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
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Such ideas have persisted in modern America, with dangerous consequences.Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús / Made by History, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
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Even more remarkably, this effect persisted for at least two months.Bernard Marr, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Remained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remained. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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