Definitions

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  • verb Present participle of remain.
  • noun uncountable An act or occurrence by which someone or something remains
  • noun countable, rare Remnant.
  • adjective which remains, especially after something else has been removed

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  • adjective not used up

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Examples

  • “Anything the captain tells me to do, Presider,” Chen replied, her expression remaining neutral even when Picard flashed a mild rebuking glance in her direction.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact Paths of Disharmony Dayton Ward 2011

  • “Anything the captain tells me to do, Presider,” Chen replied, her expression remaining neutral even when Picard flashed a mild rebuking glance in her direction.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact Paths of Disharmony Dayton Ward 2011

  • After that, the book went on a remarkable FIFTY-THREE self-contained issue run, with the entirety of Joe Kelly's run on the title remaining self-contained, and then (which makes the achievement a bit less impressive) #91-114 were part of Mike Carlin's idea (which I thought was really smart) of having stand alone arcs by various popular creative teams, rather than continuing storylines by one creative team.

    Self-Contained Title Experiment | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008

  • Grace shrugged, his expression remaining neutral as he worked.

    Creative Couplings John S. Drew 2005

  • Grace shrugged, his expression remaining neutral as he worked.

    Creative Couplings John S. Drew 2005

  • Grace shrugged, his expression remaining neutral as he worked.

    Creative Couplings John S. Drew 2005

  • Grace shrugged, his expression remaining neutral as he worked.

    Creative Couplings John S. Drew 2005

  • Grace shrugged, his expression remaining neutral as he worked.

    Creative Couplings John S. Drew 2005

  • When he was disappointed, the boy would become very still, his expression remaining unchanged.

    THE DEVIL’S TEARDROP JEFFERY DEAVER 2003

  • The Spanish Government granted only concessions for gold-mining, the title remaining in the

    The Philippine Islands John Foreman

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