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leftover

adjective as in remaining, excess

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noun as in remainder, remains

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"A white dwarf is the leftover husk of a star that has finished fusing its hydrogen," said Burgasser.

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The leftover sediment and fine nodule fragments are then released back into the ocean.

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When cricket gear was unaffordable, he made her first bat himself, carved from leftover wood.

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With costs in NYC higher than ever, having a way to store leftovers and warm up food in between restaurant reservations is a huge boon in my book.

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She and her younger siblings regularly set out with their mother to the nearby railroad tracks, where they harvested leftover lumps of coal to fuel their pot-bellied stove — the apartment’s sole source of heat.

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