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remnant

[rem-nuhnt] / ˈrɛm nənt /


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“This is a remnant of home that he’s actually being sent while on the battlefield,” she continued.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The remnant of rainforests that remain in Scotland face two main threats, from deer and rhododendron.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Researchers suspect it could be a remnant of an early planet that was torn apart by massive collisions, or possibly a fragment of a once-layered body that lost its outer rocky shell.

From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 2026

The only remnant of Karee Rowen’s Pacific Palisades home was her washing machine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026

Celaena lifted the jagged remnant of the staff in her hand.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas




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