remnant

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In this scenario, the collapse of the star forms a neutron star, an incredibly dense remnant that injects energy into the surrounding debris and boosts the supernova's brightness.

From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026

Yet with the final remnant of muscular control in his right thumb, he spelled out letters at an adapted typewriter beside Edith.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

The arrangement resembles an "acquihire" – a practice increasingly common in Silicon Valley where larger tech companies poach key staff from smaller firms, leaving a small remnant of the company behind.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

But she is left with anxiety — a remnant of the fire for which no one has offered her help — and a sense of dislocation and discontent.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025

Mean folk shall rule the last remnant of the Kings of Men, lurking in the hills until all are hounded out.’

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien