leftover
Example Sentences
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At Netflix’s headquarters, employees were encouraged to take home some leftover perishable inventory.
In Italian, scarpetta involves the scooping up of the leftover gravy.
When I left, Cara pressed a plate of leftovers into my hands at the door.
From Los Angeles Times
She ate the same thing every day, except for Mondays, when she packed leftovers from Sunday dinner with her extended family.
From Literature
They boiled water and the leftover chicken bones and spooned the broth in Gran’s mouth.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
