the remainder
noun
: the part that is left when the other people or things are gone, used, etc.
Most of the students left today and the remainder will leave tomorrow.
—often + ofThe players will be suspended for the remainder of the season.
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As well as job displacement, AI risks deepening wealth inequality—concentrating the gains among those who own or are able to leverage its abilities, while throwing the remainder into the same basket of the formerly employable unemployed.
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Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
This front will bring cooler, near-normal temperatures for the remainder of the week.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
The Senate on Monday confirmed Miran, who will serve out the remainder of former Adriana Kugler's term, which runs through January.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
Mack was later ruled out for the remainder of the game.
—Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
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Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
This front will bring cooler, near-normal temperatures for the remainder of the week.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
The Senate on Monday confirmed Miran, who will serve out the remainder of former Adriana Kugler's term, which runs through January.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
Mack was later ruled out for the remainder of the game.
—Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
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“The remainder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20remainder. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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