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remaining
/ɹɪˈmeɪnɪŋ/ · 9 letters · 7 distinct letters
- adjective
not used up
leftover meatloaf
- verb
stay the same; remain in a certain state
The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it
- verb
continue in a place, position, or situation
After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser
- verb
be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.
There remains the question of who pulled the trigger
- verb
stay behind
The smell stayed in the room