remainder
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The summary noted the pilot's cautions about speed occurred "throughout the remainder of the recording" as did the inconsistent verbal response.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court overturned Thursday a presidential pardon granted to a hardline Buddhist monk and ordered him to serve the remainder of a six-year prison sentence for intimidating the wife of a missing cartoonist.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Since the account is so small, can I simply liquidate it, deposit the proceeds into the estate bank account, pay any taxes or penalties next year, and then split the remainder among us?
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026
As amended, the remainder of the reference period is terminated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
I pulled the remainder of the sausage from my pocket and prepared to shove it all in my mouth.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
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
If necessary, he could then test the remainders of each of the fifty samples individually.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
Yes, off-brands and remaindered products made up the bulk of offerings, but treasures awaited for those who regularly came.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2024
He recently bought a 44,000-pound load of about 38,000 remaindered books.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2022
Didn’t I just buy that, remaindered, for 25 cents?
From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2015
Clive James captured the feeling in a poem that takes its title from its first line: “The book of my enemy has been remaindered/ And I am pleased.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2013
He never had a sale, never reduced a price and never remaindered.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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