remnant

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Researchers suspect it could be a remnant of an early planet that was torn apart by massive collisions, or possibly a fragment of a once-layered body that lost its outer rocky shell.

From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 2026

Yet with the final remnant of muscular control in his right thumb, he spelled out letters at an adapted typewriter beside Edith.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

The arrangement resembles an "acquihire" – a practice increasingly common in Silicon Valley where larger tech companies poach key staff from smaller firms, leaving a small remnant of the company behind.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

If the Mayer isn’t quite a singular remnant of a bygone era — there’s probably a surviving small-town movie theater somewhere near you — it can sure feel that way.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025

The marauding orcs had been waylaid and almost all destroyed; the remnant had fled westward towards the mountains, and were being pursued.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien