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remains



NOUN
body of a dead person
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Barron’s declared that “AI Remains a Glaring Problem for Apple” and that the company is in desperate need of a “New Era of Innovation.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026

Remains of approximately 1,150 people have so far been identified there, which we might expect to rise to 1,725 once the final third of the city has been excavated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Sir Kazuo, whose books include 1989's The Remains of the Day and 2005's Never Let Me Go, for which he won the Man Booker Prize, was made a Companion of Honour.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025

Curated by Neville Wakefield and held at the MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House, “What Remains Behind?” explores the tension between the past and the future.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2025

Someone had slathered wet cement over the “Knowledge Not Shared Remains Unknown” motto chiseled into the fountain’s base.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein




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