remaining

Words with a similar base: remaining

'remaining'

[stay.v.01] as in: stay the same; remain in a certain state

Examples:
The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it
rest assured
stay alone
He remained unmoved by her tears
The bad weather continued for another week

'remaining'

[stay.v.04] as in: continue in a place, position, or situation

Examples:
After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser
Stay with me, please
despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year
She continued as deputy mayor for another year

'remaining'

[remain.v.03] as in: be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.

Examples:
There remains the question of who pulled the trigger
Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S.

did not fight a war

'remaining'

[persist.v.03] as in: stay behind

Examples:
The smell stayed in the room
The hostility remained long after they made up

'remaining'

[leftover.s.01] as in: not used up

Examples:
leftover meatloaf
she had a little money left over so she went to a movie
some odd dollars left
saved the remaining sandwiches for supper
unexpended provisions

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