vestige

“Xochimilco is the last living vestige of the Aztec era,” says Arozarena.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

The company’s New Jersey connection is a vestige of its past, when Exxon was part of the conglomerate Standard Oil back in the 19th century.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

In the words of Gulf scholar Paul Rich, this was "the Indian Empire's last redoubt, just as Goa was Portuguese India's last solitary vestige, or Pondicherry was the tag-end of French India".

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2025

But the opportunity to be in that orbit of this last vestige of American live television that still exists with its impracticalities … there’s no replicating it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2024

She’d always thought they would die when she did, but some vestige of life was in them yet—the last tatters of her own, till sunrise could turn them to smoke.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

So these are not just sort of weird random afterthoughts or vestiges.

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026

In northeastern Annaba -- formerly the ancient Roman city of Hippo -- Leo will visit vestiges of the city's historical past, as well as a reception centre run by Catholic nuns for impoverished elderly people.

From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026

But most critically, venture capital has eaten away at the remaining vestiges of old-school journalism.

From Salon ● Mar. 7, 2026

There were wild blackberries and raspberries blanketing the hillsides, and vestiges of old fruit orchards.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025

But when the Colonel opened the door, I caught the edge of her scent: wet dirt and grass and cigarette smoke, and beneath that the vestiges of vanilla- scented skin lotion.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green