remainder
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The remainder - they told BBC Verify - would be "indirect" job losses, meaning people that benefit from the oil and gas industry indirectly such as taxi drivers and hospitality workers.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
“She needs to call on her husband to get the remainder of the files released,” he said in an interview with MS NOW.
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2026
The remainder may still be trapped inside the deportation process, opaque even to those inside it.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
The brothers each own 25% of Block’s voting shares, while family trusts hold the remainder.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
It took another hour to empty it completely, throw away the useless items, and sort the remainder in piles according to whether or not he would need them from now on.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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