residual

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Natera holds a near-monopoly in this market, known as minimal residual disease testing.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

The late star said he had been paid "almost nothing" for Dawson's Creek as a young actor, and that his contract had not included residual payments for repeats.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Al-Hussainy pointed to tariffs, oil, AI and other residual areas that have kept inflation above the Fed’s 2% annual target in the wake of the pandemic.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

People are sour on the company’s transformation to a multiprice model, and there is a residual negative impact on investor sentiment following the acquisition of Family Dollar and its subsequent financial challenges.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

The first law says that you can’t create energy and the third that you can’t reduce temperatures to absolute zero; there will always be some residual warmth.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson