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remnant

[rem-nuhnt] / ˈrɛm nənt /


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He lives in a bus-size motor home—a remnant of his time on the road as a welding inspector for large construction projects.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

The firm in March bought a majority stake in Oak Point Partners, which buys what it calls remnant assets from companies, often in the course of bankruptcies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

The Konyaks are no longer an exotic remnant of the past, but people living through what Dr Konyak describes as "love, grief, conflict, faith, uncertainty and generational change".

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

The proportion of each galaxy's total lifetime spent in the remnant phase ranges from about 4 to 83 percent.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

This remarkable star, 5,000 light-years distant, is now called the Crab Supernova, because an astronomer centuries later was unaccountably reminded of a crab when looking at the explosion remnant through his telescope.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

In fact, Shameson said, remnants of hurricanes and tropical storms have reached Southern California the last three or four years in a row, compared with a normal pace of every five to 10 years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Others that have accumulated material from destroyed asteroids and comets, remnants of planetary systems that once surrounded them, tend to look yellow.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

However, scientists have now found that these stellar remnants can produce a much broader spectrum of colors.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

The remnants of Hurricane Isaias, which hit the southern US on Saturday, is set to bring a warm spell to the UK this week.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Her feet led her without direction, until she’d stopped before the smoldering remnants of the Hema.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray


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