remainder
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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee halted all further executions in the state for the remainder of the year and ordered an independent review of the incident.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
It said those companies were only required to pay a portion of the relevant sponsorship fees, with the remainder funded by club owners Abu Dhabi United Group.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
The remainder is expected to be dedicated to backing SpaceX’s internal efforts as the company works on developing new models and products, such as its AI agents.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
The remainder of the business is operated out of China.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
The king now returned to the Hornburg, and slept, such a sleep of quiet as he had not known for many years, and the remainder of his chosen company rested also.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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
Now, as they slurp the remainders of their lunch, she cautiously allows the words to escape.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2023
One way to count them is to partition them into a finite number of baskets, based on the remainders one gets when dividing a prime by another prime, denoted byp.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 15, 2022
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
Sherman Alexi's indiscretions were worse and far more prolonged, by his own admission, but his books aren't being remaindered.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2018
Could the front office trade possibly 17 draft picks and some remaindered No. 10 jerseys to move up for Sam Darnold, and then fly to a Caribbean island to celebrate?
From Washington Post ● Sep. 11, 2017
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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