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as in stayed
to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time
one of the three bridges known as "the London Bridge," it was moved in the late 1960s to Lake Havasu City, Arizona, where it remains today
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as in continued
to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state
the fact remains: it's still impossible to be in two places at once
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Recent Examples of remained
Opponents remained against the bill even after the recent changes.
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Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
2 July 2026
Residents said the latest delay is especially frustrating because the pool also remained closed for much of last summer after a water line ruptured while it was being filled.
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Hannah Kliger,
CBS News,
2 July 2026
The game remained scoreless for the first 45 minutes, until Folarin Balogun scored the first goal of the match.
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Natasha Dye,
PEOPLE,
2 July 2026
Temperatures remained high through the night, providing little reprieve from the sweltering heat.
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Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
2 July 2026
The Tacoma Fire Department said the explosion remained under investigation.
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Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
2 July 2026
My favorite dining experience however remained our in-room breakfasts, set up by the window overlooking Waterloo.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 July 2026
Regional theaters such as Seattle Rep, the Guthrie, the Goodman and Baltimore Center Stage remained committed to their missions while New York nonprofit companies continued to hold the line off-Broadway.
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Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2026
The match looked and felt over Saturday night even though 15 minutes remained to be played at Kansas City Stadium (aka Arrowhead).
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Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
28 June 2026
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
2 July 2026
Residents said the latest delay is especially frustrating because the pool also remained closed for much of last summer after a water line ruptured while it was being filled.
—
Hannah Kliger,
CBS News,
2 July 2026
The game remained scoreless for the first 45 minutes, until Folarin Balogun scored the first goal of the match.
—
Natasha Dye,
PEOPLE,
2 July 2026
Temperatures remained high through the night, providing little reprieve from the sweltering heat.
—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
2 July 2026
The Tacoma Fire Department said the explosion remained under investigation.
—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
2 July 2026
My favorite dining experience however remained our in-room breakfasts, set up by the window overlooking Waterloo.
—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 July 2026
Regional theaters such as Seattle Rep, the Guthrie, the Goodman and Baltimore Center Stage remained committed to their missions while New York nonprofit companies continued to hold the line off-Broadway.
—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2026
The match looked and felt over Saturday night even though 15 minutes remained to be played at Kansas City Stadium (aka Arrowhead).
—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
28 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for remained
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The format for Solid Sound has stayed the same for years now, a reliable framework that Tweedy and his bandmates, friends, and family fill out with endless variety.
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That's when witnesses called 911, and the neighbor stayed at the scene to be interviewed by homicide detectives, officials confirmed.
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The Heat began Tuesday by retaining three-point shooting forward Simone Fontecchio in free agency, and then continued to address its need for outside shooting when league-wide free agent negotiations were permitted to begin Tuesday night.
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Still, the landowner had continued to find pieces of wreckage for years.
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Street and Seventh Avenue closest to the arena were closed to pedestrians, some of whom waited nearby for a glimpse of the newlyweds or their guests.
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Five-year-old Tina Carter waited patiently with her mother Diana in a long line to carefully print her first name on a timecapsule scroll to be exhumed in 2076.
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Chris Lagerbloom lasted three years before taking a job offer in Georgia in 2022.
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In February 2025, the military broke a siege on el-Obeid that had lasted more than a year.
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Following that trade, rumors persisted that Brown was still on the trading block.
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Ukraine's strike campaign started out earnestly in 2024 but has significantly intensified this year, helping Ukraine gain momentum in a grueling war of attrition that has persisted for more than four years since Russia's full-scale invasion.
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“Remained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remained. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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