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as in rest
a remaining group or portion
sailed home with just a remnant of the colony's original population aboard
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as in remainder
an unused or unwanted piece or item typically of small size or value
gathered together her fabric remnants to see if she had enough of them to sew a doll blanket for her niece
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Recent Examples of remnant
These include detailed observations of the super-heated plasma that fills the space between galaxies — known as the intracluster medium — and faint light emitted by a nearby supernova remnant.
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Victoria Corless, Space.com, 6 Jan. 2025
The crema had settled in the bottom amid the sooty remnants of the coffee.
—Brandon Taylor, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2025
My father tended to avoid these discussions, regarding them as reminders of a time of religious division best left to rust away alongside other ugly remnants of the war.
—Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
The Cincinnati Western Railroad went bankrupt and ceased operations in 1855, leaving behind remnants of the tunnel.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 31 Dec. 2024
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Victoria Corless, Space.com, 6 Jan. 2025
The crema had settled in the bottom amid the sooty remnants of the coffee.
—Brandon Taylor, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2025
My father tended to avoid these discussions, regarding them as reminders of a time of religious division best left to rust away alongside other ugly remnants of the war.
—Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
The Cincinnati Western Railroad went bankrupt and ceased operations in 1855, leaving behind remnants of the tunnel.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 31 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for remnant
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Perhaps that sounds didactic; rest assured that her novels foreground richly specific narratives about individual characters.Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025
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The future remains uncertain, but rest assured, a year from now, nothing will feel the same.Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Charitable Giving - Donate to qualified charities through tools like charitable remainder trusts (CRTs) to lower your estate’s taxable amount while supporting meaningful causes.James Brewer, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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That’s left a remainder in the 25 percent range for the third pair, most frequently composed of Brännström and Vincent Desharnais.Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
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Here’s City writer, Sam Lee, who has gorged and feasted upon trophies galore in recent years, while the rest of us dine on scraps (or the Sela Cup, in my case).George Caulkin, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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Most clothes made of recycled materials use post-consumer plastic bottles or fabric scraps — an important element of textile recycling, but not a sufficient answer to pollution from fashion.Lewis Perkins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Remnant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remnant. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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