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
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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Anthony Wood, Space.com, 28 May 2025
Netanyahu put all of his chips on Trump nonetheless—a wager that now threatens to cost the Israeli prime minister the remnants of his legacy.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 22 May 2025
Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
All of this stems from a toxic and mostly invisible danger, largely the product of burning things for fuel and letting the remnant drift into the air and then into us—which is what happens unless the government regulates that process.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Some of these dust particles may be the remnants of the countless tiny meteors that collide with Earth's atmosphere on a daily basis, while others were born of volcanic eruptions or pollution before getting carried high into the atmosphere.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 28 May 2025
Netanyahu put all of his chips on Trump nonetheless—a wager that now threatens to cost the Israeli prime minister the remnants of his legacy.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 22 May 2025
Adjective
The Rosebank expressions, for example, represent the last remnant stock produced before the distillery shut down.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
All of this stems from a toxic and mostly invisible danger, largely the product of burning things for fuel and letting the remnant drift into the air and then into us—which is what happens unless the government regulates that process.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for remnant
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“Remnant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/remnant. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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