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vestigial

adjective as in remaining

adjective as in surviving

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By the time her final husband of convenience realizes his role is vestigial, he can’t muster enough ire to make her flinch.

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But there on the animal’s body, illuminated with fluorescent markers, were what looked like four more vestigial eyes.

In the South, polls suggest that Sinn Fein, which has vestigial ties to the Irish Republican Army, could vault into government after elections next year.

Besides the diaphragm, but not reported in the study, vestigial ear muscles have also been tested for feasibility in performing new tasks.

Many young Jews grew up with a belief that antisemitism was a “vestigial memory” in the U.S., he said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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