residual
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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
The same donor immune cells capable of causing harm could also recognize and destroy residual cancer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
Some see “Euphoria” as too big to fail, a brand with enough residual heat to dominate conversation on arrival.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
The awesome supernova explosion ejects into space most of the matter of the precursor star—a little residual hydrogen and helium and significant amounts of other atoms, carbon and silicon, iron and uranium.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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