vestige

Hainu, a vestige of the Japanese colonial era, shares some similarities with the centuries-old matriarchal tradition of haenyeo free-diving in South Korea, although Taiwan's sea women do not go underwater.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

They were tough sanctions, removing any vestige of royal status.

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026

The middle layers of management—so central to today’s corporate structure—could be a vestige of the past.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025

The company’s prebankruptcy $16.1-billion debt load was a vestige of its 2008 private equity leveraged buyout.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2025

This does rather neatly tie the rise of modern Europe to the death of the last vestige of the old Roman Empire.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

So these are not just sort of weird random afterthoughts or vestiges.

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026

Clarke’s team often had to sweep away the last vestiges of legacy car-building.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026

In northeastern Annaba -- formerly the ancient Roman city of Hippo -- Leo will visit vestiges of the city's historical past, as well as a reception centre run by Catholic nuns for impoverished elderly people.

From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026

But most critically, venture capital has eaten away at the remaining vestiges of old-school journalism.

From Salon ● Mar. 7, 2026

And Charley, who still had vestiges of his Chicago grooming, waded in the water and became his old dirty self again.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck