remnant

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noun

rem·nant ˈrem-nənt

: a usually small part, member, or trace remaining

: a small surviving group

—often used in plural

: an unsold or unused end of piece goods

remnant

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Example Sentences

Noun Remnants go on sale next week. sailed home with just a remnant of the colony's original population aboard

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The remnant of a stream, polluted and diverted by the industrial operations, idles underneath a small wooden bridge.

Nick Roll, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Nov. 2022 Forecasters said Lisa will become a post-tropical remnant low by Saturday evening.

Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2022 The image here was only possible by combining multiple observations of the supernova remnant that the VLT Survey Telescope captured using its OmegaCAM instrument.

Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 3 Nov. 2022 The Bonneville Salt Flats, a remnant of a prehistoric lakebed that is one of the American West’s many otherworldly landscapes, is growing thinner and thinner as the West suffers through its third decade of drought.

From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2022 In a new image of the Vela supernova remnant, captured by the VLT Survey Telescope at the European Southern Observatory in Chile, the glowing threads of gas appear to shine due to heat from the shock waves.

Ashley Strickland, CNN, 31 Oct. 2022 Will Charles oversee the final disintegration of this remnant of empire?

Kojo Koram, The New Republic, 18 Sep. 2022 Medium Sunday showers are likely to remain more light and scattered in nature as the main low (remnant of Ian) is off to our west.

David Streit, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2022 An intriguing idea is that sound pictures are a remnant of what was even more pervasive at the dawn of language, hundreds of thousands of years ago.

Kai Von Fintel, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Oct. 2022

Adjective

Removing the cat and cleaning is not going to clear out the remnant dander, especially in winter if the house has thick rugs, curtains and sofas.

Annie Lane, cleveland, 30 Nov. 2022 Removing the cat and cleaning is not going to clear out the remnant dander, especially in winter if the house has thick rugs, curtains and sofas.

Annie Lane, oregonlive, 30 Nov. 2022 Lisa wasn’t able to re-strengthen and became a remnant low on Saturday.

Leigh Morgan, al, 5 Nov. 2022 Meanwhile, Tropical Depression Twelve is expected to become a remnant low soon, forecasters said early Thursday.

Victoria Ballard, Sun Sentinel, 6 Oct. 2022 The nylon and polyester tote is made from factory remnant scraps and folds down to the size of a Jetboil stove.

Melissa Mcgibbon, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2022 That cluster of remnant thunderstorms took on a life of its own, capitalizing on warm ocean waters and blossoming in the wake of favorably weak upper-level winds.

Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2022 Storm models predict the depression to become a remnant low by Thursday.

Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Oct. 2022 Medium Dry air tries to wedge in from our west on Tuesday, pushing the remnant circulation from Ian further east.

Molly Robey, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2022 See More

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