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remnant

[rem-nuhnt] / ˈrɛm nənt /


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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

The only remnant of Karee Rowen’s Pacific Palisades home was her washing machine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 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

But she is left with anxiety — a remnant of the fire for which no one has offered her help — and a sense of dislocation and discontent.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025

As I gazed numbly at the sky, it seemed to have turned a preterpaturally pale shade of blue, bleached of all but the faintest remnant of color.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer




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