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  • present tense form of remain (3rd person singular).
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remains



NOUN
body of a dead person
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This suggests animals may have occupied environments different from those represented in the Kheseen deposits, or that the chemical conditions responsible for fossilization there were not suitable for preserving animal remains.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

"Her recovery is medically unprecedented. Her prognosis remains unclear but, at a minimum, we expect a long recovery."

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

But some legal experts say a critical loophole remains.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

An aneasthesiologist advising Pike's defence team said her survival is highly unusual, and while her prognosis remains unclear, "at a minimum, we expect a long recovery".

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

The remains ofPhineas, his mother, his brother-in-law, and 35,000 other San Francisco pioneers were dug up by the city and moved to a mass grave in a suburban cemetery.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman




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