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leftover

adjective as in remaining, excess

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noun as in remainder, remains

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Sephora, shoppers’ go-to spot for celebrity makeup brands and skincare essentials, is facing a hefty fine from California cities for alleged improper disposal of its leftover products.

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With the state’s leftover biomass from forest thinning, “we could make it basically the leader in carbon removal in the world.”

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If you’re worried about the donuts becoming too stiff to eat, try freezing any leftovers you may have.

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Instead they got “Kid A Mnesia,” which seemingly draws on commentary that the similar sonic palette between the two suggests “Amnesiac” may very well be the leftover of “Kid A.”

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It is tempting to dismiss political violence as a leftover from some “primitive” or “frontier” stage of American history, when politicians and their supporters supposedly lacked restraint or higher moral standards.

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

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