- plural of leftover.
leftovers
Example Sentences
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Burning Man Leftovers: These sculptures lack the gaudy grandeur of their relatives that are displayed annually at the festival in the Nevada desert but retain those works’ air of muesli-munching elitism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
Leftovers became less a consolation prize and more a creative challenge.
From Salon • Nov. 30, 2024
Leftovers from the Big Bang, wimps are invisible and slow, compared with the speed of light, and can only be detected through their gravitational effect on other objects.
From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2024
When you are cooking, start thinking already about Intentional Leftovers, one of my favorite cooking mantras.
From Washington Times • Jul. 11, 2023
Leftovers to eat were surely better than nothing, but for a whole family to wait in line for scraps, like stray cats mewing at the kitchen door?
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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