remnant
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As for the red wolf, Mr. Moore writes that, in the 1930s in northeast Louisiana, a remnant tract of old-growth forest teemed with prowling panthers and massive alligators.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
The remnant of rainforests that remain in Scotland face two main threats, from deer and rhododendron.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
Today, the Mediterranean Sea is considered the final remnant of that ancient ocean.
From Science Daily • May 18, 2026
Jean’s passion took a more private toll, but she still lives with what Monica calls “this deepening suspicion that your existence is a remnant of an event long since concluded.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 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
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