remainder
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At this point, I expect I will be renting for the remainder of my life.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
It added that when a family has difficulty paying the remainder, the school can draw on a social fund financed by the education ministry.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
The park, near Doncaster, will remain closed for the remainder of the weekend, it added.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
After the death of Lindsey Graham on July 11, Gov. Henry McMaster chose the late senator’s sister, Darline, to serve out the remainder of her brother’s term.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
And for the remainder of the ride Milo didn’t utter a sound.
From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster
On the other are the remainders – the gamers, the “Real World” guy and that “Bachelor,” who devised a strategy that led to them rooting out two Traitors.
From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2024
Jackson and Bishop have both said they would serve out the remainders of their U.S.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2023
Now, as they slurp the remainders of their lunch, she cautiously allows the words to escape.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2023
Other remainders include the use of much recorded music, leaving the terrific musicians on hand, like Jiménez and the pianist Anibal César Cruz, underused.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
Piggy wore the remainders of a pair of shorts, his fat body was golden brown, and the glasses still flashed when he looked at anything.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
He recently bought a 44,000-pound load of about 38,000 remaindered books.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2022
After her sterling Pacific service she was then remaindered and renamed the Lord Sandwich, and ended up carrying Hessian troops to New York in a vain attempt to counter the American Revolution.
From New York Times ● May 14, 2019
The shop officially opened on Wednesday, and is a light-filled temple of modernity: white walls, concrete floors, the bow truss ceiling remaindered from the original structure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2016
Didn’t I just buy that, remaindered, for 25 cents?
From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2015
He never had a sale, never reduced a price and never remaindered.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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