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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
An encounter with Ivy leads to Ollie touching a glowing pod — a remnant of majestic creatures that look like a cross between a tree and an elephant who are said to have been banished from The Valley by a maniacal Fire Wolf.
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Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 4 May 2026
But the ancient sea did not disappear entirely, for a remnant of it survives today, in the form of the Strait of Hormuz.
—Sarah Tamimi, CNN Money, 4 May 2026
Today, small remnants remain along railroad tracks and in old cemeteries.
—Teresa Woodard, Midwest Living, 3 May 2026
Know your evacuation route This is good advice for everyone who may be in the path of a hurricane (or its remnants), not just coastal residents.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 1 May 2026
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Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 4 May 2026
But the ancient sea did not disappear entirely, for a remnant of it survives today, in the form of the Strait of Hormuz.
—Sarah Tamimi, CNN Money, 4 May 2026
Today, small remnants remain along railroad tracks and in old cemeteries.
—Teresa Woodard, Midwest Living, 3 May 2026
Know your evacuation route This is good advice for everyone who may be in the path of a hurricane (or its remnants), not just coastal residents.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 1 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for remnant
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Set aside time daily to do absolutely nothing, sitting in silence to give your brain a rest, Desai suggests.—
Renée Onque,
CNBC,
12 May 2026
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The next challenge is a date with either the San Antonio Spurs or the Minnesota Timberwolves in the conference finals — after several more days of rest than those teams, which are tied heading to Game 5 on Tuesday night.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 May 2026
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Perhaps even a rag-tag group of remainders can put a scare into San Antonio.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
1 May 2026
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The best-case scenario would be for the Lakers’ remainders to extend the best-of-seven series with the Rockets long enough for Doncic and Reaves to rejoin LeBron James in that Big Three, either at the end of this series or the start of the next one.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
13 Apr. 2026
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Euphoria swept across the country, including in small towns like Ashland, where my friends and I had pulled red wagons around to gather scrap for the war effort.—
Fran Moreland Johns,
The Atlantic,
11 May 2026
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After the war, though, the Canadian Navy needed to downsize, and Onassis bought it for $34,000, which was the scrap value at the time.—
Michael Ballaban,
CNN Money,
9 May 2026
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“Remnant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remnant. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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