leftover

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If lithium can be recovered from shale or from leftover industrial materials, it could reduce the need for new mining operations.

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2026

We made a memecoin from $40 of leftover crypto that briefly reached a market cap of $2 million.

From Slate • Apr. 5, 2026

In my recipe, I haven’t used as many egg yolks as they do at the restaurant because I don’t want you to be burdened with leftover egg whites.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Others believe it may have been invented by accident, a clever use of leftover coconut cream.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

They boiled water and the leftover chicken bones and spooned the broth in Gran’s mouth.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff