remnants
Example Sentences
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Inside the long-shuttered St. Vincent Medical Center on the outskirts of downtown Los Angeles, bulletin boards, furniture and other remnants of a once active hospital remain, frozen in time.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
Vestiges of that era are still present: Charred remnants of Iraqi tanks and antiaircraft guns litter Failaka Island off the coast of Kuwait City.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
The 37-year-old also found the remnants of two envelopes and would like to establish who they were addressed to.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
Another, rarer type of explosion happens when two neutron stars, the dense remnants of dead stars, collide.
From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026
Sean got up from the table, scraped the remnants of his dinner into the sink.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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