remainder
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Under the outline now being discussed, Nvidia would provide a financial backstop for the first phase, totaling roughly five gigawatts of power, and then decide later whether or how to finance the remainder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Some dealers say they’ll pay the remainder, but they sometimes pass this cost on to the consumer.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
It is thought Fernandes' preference is to stay at United, potentially for the remainder of his career.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Michael Monahan will substitute for Beard for the remainder of the Big One, which will conclude its U.S. run on Oct.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
The Goddard computers also sent the flight controllers their projection of the remainder of the voyage.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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
Not only have they lost newspapers, the remainders are mostly owned by parsimonious national chains.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 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
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
Evidence of past fires appeared in swaths of forest remaindered into black skeletons.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2021
Dog Eared Books is perfectly cluttered, with a mix of new, used and remaindered books.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 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
All the major labels released adventurous recordings of new music; when these LPs stopped selling, they would get remaindered.
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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