1
a
: a usually small part, member, or trace remaining
b
: a small surviving group
—often used in plural
2
: an unsold or unused end of piece goods
: still remaining
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Examples of remnant in a Sentence
Noun
Remnants go on sale next week.
sailed home with just a remnant of the colony's original population aboard
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Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
The Cincinnati Western Railroad went bankrupt and ceased operations in 1855, leaving behind remnants of the tunnel.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 31 Dec. 2024
Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
Syrian rebel leader Abu Mohammed al-Golani vowed to dissolve the Assad regime's remnant security forces as well as close prisons that had been used to house political dissidents.
—Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 12 Dec. 2024
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Noun
My father tended to avoid these discussions, regarding them as reminders of a time of religious division best left to rust away alongside other ugly remnants of the war.
—Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
The Cincinnati Western Railroad went bankrupt and ceased operations in 1855, leaving behind remnants of the tunnel.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 31 Dec. 2024
Adjective
Then a tiny remnant population was found surviving in Bixby Cove near Big Sur in 1914, site of the now Instagram famous Bixby bridge.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
Syrian rebel leader Abu Mohammed al-Golani vowed to dissolve the Assad regime's remnant security forces as well as close prisons that had been used to house political dissidents.
—Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Remnant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/remnant. Accessed 10 Jan. 2025.
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