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- verb Present participle of
remain . - noun uncountable An act or occurrence by which someone or something
remains - noun countable, rare
Remnant . - adjective which remains, especially after something else has been removed
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not used up
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Examples
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“Anything the captain tells me to do, Presider,” Chen replied, her expression remaining neutral even when Picard flashed a mild rebuking glance in her direction.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact Paths of Disharmony Dayton Ward 2011
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“Anything the captain tells me to do, Presider,” Chen replied, her expression remaining neutral even when Picard flashed a mild rebuking glance in her direction.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact Paths of Disharmony Dayton Ward 2011
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After that, the book went on a remarkable FIFTY-THREE self-contained issue run, with the entirety of Joe Kelly's run on the title remaining self-contained, and then (which makes the achievement a bit less impressive) #91-114 were part of Mike Carlin's idea (which I thought was really smart) of having stand alone arcs by various popular creative teams, rather than continuing storylines by one creative team.
Self-Contained Title Experiment | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008
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Grace shrugged, his expression remaining neutral as he worked.
Creative Couplings John S. Drew 2005
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Grace shrugged, his expression remaining neutral as he worked.
Creative Couplings John S. Drew 2005
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Grace shrugged, his expression remaining neutral as he worked.
Creative Couplings John S. Drew 2005
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Grace shrugged, his expression remaining neutral as he worked.
Creative Couplings John S. Drew 2005
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Grace shrugged, his expression remaining neutral as he worked.
Creative Couplings John S. Drew 2005
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When he was disappointed, the boy would become very still, his expression remaining unchanged.
THE DEVIL’S TEARDROP JEFFERY DEAVER 2003
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The Spanish Government granted only concessions for gold-mining, the title remaining in the
The Philippine Islands John Foreman
Related Words
synonyms (108)
Words with the same meaning
- abiding
- age-long
- aged
- ancient
- antique
- as a bonus
- balance
- behind
- changeless
- chronic
- commorant
- constant
- continuing
- continuous
- diuturnal
- durable
- dwelling
- enduring
- evergreen
- extant
- extra
- firm
- fixed
- for lagniappe
- frozen
- hardy
- immobile
- immutable
- in residence
- indefatigable
- intact
- intransient
- inveterate
- inviolate
- lasting
- left
- leftover
- living
- living in
- lodging
- long-lasting
- long-lived
- long-standing
- long-term
- longeval
- longevous
- macrobiotic
- net
- odd
- of long duration
- of long standing
- outstanding
- over
- over and above
- overplus
- perdurable
- perduring
- perennial
- permanent
- perpetual
- persistent
- persisting
- quiescent
- remanent
- resident
- residentiary
- residing
- residual
- residuary
- residuous
- rest
- rigid
- sempervirent
- solid
- spare
- stable
- static
- stationary
- staying
- steadfast
- steady
- sticking
- superfluous
- supernumerary
- surplus
- surviving
- sustained
- to spare
- torpid
- tough
- unaltered
- unceasing
- unchangeable
- unchanged
- unchanging
- unchecked
- unconsumed
- undestroyed
- undying
- uneaten
- unfading
- unfailing
- unremitting
- unshifting
- unused
- unvaried
- unvarying
- vital
equivalents (1)
Other words for 'remaining'
rhymes (36)
Words with the same terminal sound
- abstaining
- ascertaining
- attaining
- campaigning
- caning
- chaining
- complaining
- constraining
- containing
- deigning
- detaining
- disdaining
- draining
- entertaining
- explaining
- feigning
- gaining
- maintaining
- obtaining
- ordaining
- overtraining
- painting
- pertaining
- raining
- refraining
- regaining
- reigning
- reining
- restraining
- retaining
- retraining
- staining
- straining
- sustaining
- training
- waning
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