remaining

adjective

re·​main·​ing ri-ˈmā-niŋ 

: left over after a part has been destroyed, taken, used, or lost

Dough should not stick to sides of bowl; if it does, add some or all of remaining 2 tablespoons of bread flour until dough cleans sides of bowl.

—Tish Boyle

"You're good people," Kugelmass said, combing his few remaining hairs as he climbed into the cabinet again.

—Woody Allen

The researchers, focusing on distinct oral languages, not dialects, interviewed and made recordings of the few remaining speakers of a language and collected basic word lists.

—John Noble Wilford

Examples of remaining in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Two legal officials, who insisted on anonymity for fear of being punished by the authorities, said Thursday’s measure would further reduce Suu Kyi’s sentence by one-sixth, but did not specify the exact remaining term. —ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026

Tony partners with one of the last remaining asparagus farms in the area, Moon Dust Farms, owned by Klein Family Farms, just for this festival. —Charlie Lapastora, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026

Immediately after Rodriguez was selected two of the draft’s top remaining edge rushers - Derrick Moore taken 44th by the Detroit Lions, and Zion Young taken 45th by the Baltimore Ravens - came off the board. —Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2026

Please continue to heed remaining road closures. —Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for remaining

• abstaining
• attaining
• campaigning
• complaining
• constraining
• containing
• detaining
• disdaining
• entraining
• explaining
• maintaining
• obtaining