as in rest
a remaining group or portion
take as many of these calendars as you want, and put the leftovers back on the shelf
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Recent Examples of leftovers
One reviewer even suggested using leftovers as a base for chicken casserole—genius!
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Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
Just your leftovers alone would win.
—Bill Hoogterp, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2025
The set includes four dinner plates that are dishwasher safe for easy cleanup and microwave safe for reheating all those leftovers.
—Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
Lots of laughter, troubled gazes, leftovers.
—New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Few dishes are irrefutably Athenian—apart, perhaps, from the curious Athinaïki salata, a mayonnaise-and-fish concoction devised to disguise leftovers.
—Katherine Whittaker, Saveur, 9 Oct. 2025
In the kitchen, these Rubbermaid food storage containers will keep leftovers visible and easily accessible in the fridge while this 24-piece set of spice jars will make your pantry look chic, not cluttered.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025
Plan to take half of your meal home for leftovers; restaurant meals are usually large and provide more than one portion.
—Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 7 Oct. 2025
Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
Just your leftovers alone would win.
—Bill Hoogterp, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2025
The set includes four dinner plates that are dishwasher safe for easy cleanup and microwave safe for reheating all those leftovers.
—Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
Lots of laughter, troubled gazes, leftovers.
—New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Few dishes are irrefutably Athenian—apart, perhaps, from the curious Athinaïki salata, a mayonnaise-and-fish concoction devised to disguise leftovers.
—Katherine Whittaker, Saveur, 9 Oct. 2025
In the kitchen, these Rubbermaid food storage containers will keep leftovers visible and easily accessible in the fridge while this 24-piece set of spice jars will make your pantry look chic, not cluttered.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025
Plan to take half of your meal home for leftovers; restaurant meals are usually large and provide more than one portion.
—Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 7 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leftovers
Noun
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Developing good sleep habits leads to improved rest and overall well-being.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
28 Oct. 2025
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Regardless, a week of rest is scheduled prior to my return stateside.—
Max Barth,
New Yorker,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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One of the most effective vehicles for accomplishing all of this is a charitable remainder annuity trust, known as a CRAT.—
Andre Pennington,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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The prediction of an above-average remainder of the season is based on a combination of factors, including warmer-than-average sea-surface temperatures in the tropical Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Seas, and an active West African Monsoon.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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In remembrance, Collins carved a sliver of the Jackson pediment into tiny rose petals and scattered them around the remnant.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2025
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By developing a new theoretical relation describing just how compact neutron stars — which are the remnants of massive stars that have gone supernova — can get, researchers have found a way to test the properties of nuclear physics under very extreme conditions.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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