vestige

Example Sentences

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They were tough sanctions, removing any vestige of royal status.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

The middle layers of management—so central to today’s corporate structure—could be a vestige of the past.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025

Everywhere Jay and his entourage go, a piece of cheesecake follows, the last, haunting vestige of a star’s rider that should’ve been updated long ago.

From Salon • Oct. 2, 2025

Advocates for Proposition 6 see forced labor in prisons as a vestige of slavery, and used the word in their campaign messages.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2024

An Osage leader said that Hale “should have been hanged for his crimes,” and members of the tribe were convinced that the board’s decision was the last vestige of Hale’s political influence.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann