remnant
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Planning documents lodged for the property said it "occupies an elevated position overlooking the Usk Valley, set within extensive landscaped grounds and the remnant parkland of a former estate".
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Astronomers have identified a little-studied population of faint remnant radio galaxies that appear to fade quickly after their central supermassive black holes stop producing powerful radio jets.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Abernethy hosts the largest and most important remnant of Scotland's ancient Caledonian pine forest and so the Scots pines are an important part of the mix.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
A white dwarf is the dense stellar remnant left behind after a low-mass star runs out of fuel.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
Thomas had almost expected the skeletal remnant of a person—someone on the verge of death.
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
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Compact remnants, by comparison, showed less orderly aging patterns.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Finding these faint and relatively young remnants gives astronomers another piece of the puzzle surrounding the full life cycle of radio galaxies.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
On a summer morning before the heat set in, he pointed out the spot where his flock of over a dozen birds once roamed, strutting across the sand like remnants of the Jurassic era.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
BBC Verify has analysed footage released of the aftermath of the strike and spoken to a weapons expert to identify munition remnants.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
There could be remnants of civilizations destroyed by wars or by beasts or by immune systems that failed a sudden bacterial pop quiz.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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