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remains



NOUN
body of a dead person
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Barron’s declared that “AI Remains a Glaring Problem for Apple” and that the company is in desperate need of a “New Era of Innovation.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026

Appeared in the April 10, 2026, print edition as 'Netanyahu Keeps on Fighting, But the Payoff Remains Unclear'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Remains can be returned to next of kin, as ashes are following cremation.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

Curated by Neville Wakefield and held at the MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House, “What Remains Behind?” explores the tension between the past and the future.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2025

Remains of houses and sewn clothing testify to a greatly improved ability to survive in cold climates, and remains of jewelry and carefully buried skeletons indicate revolutionary aesthetic and spiritual developments.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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