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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Carley Rojas Ávila, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The volatile weather pattern is unusual for the Bay Area and is largely driven by the remnants of Tropical Storm Mario off Mexico’s Pacific coast, which funneled moisture north toward California.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
From across the Universe, a black hole of 36 times the mass of the Sun merged with another of 29 times the Sun’s mass, producing a remnant black hole of just 62 solar masses, with the other 3 solar masses getting converted into gravitational radiation via Einstein’s E = mc².
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 17 Sep. 2025
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Noun
La Gritona is proudly additive-free and always prioritizes sustainability, turning over its agave remnants to local farmers for cattle feed.
—Carley Rojas Ávila, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The volatile weather pattern is unusual for the Bay Area and is largely driven by the remnants of Tropical Storm Mario off Mexico’s Pacific coast, which funneled moisture north toward California.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
See how Mario's remnant moisture washed over California How do hurricanes form?
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
From across the Universe, a black hole of 36 times the mass of the Sun merged with another of 29 times the Sun’s mass, producing a remnant black hole of just 62 solar masses, with the other 3 solar masses getting converted into gravitational radiation via Einstein’s E = mc².
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Remnant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/remnant. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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