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On the other are the remainders – the gamers, the “Real World” guy and that “Bachelor,” who devised a strategy that led to them rooting out two Traitors.

From Salon • Feb. 24, 2024

Now, as they slurp the remainders of their lunch, she cautiously allows the words to escape.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2023

One way to count them is to partition them into a finite number of baskets, based on the remainders one gets when dividing a prime by another prime, denoted byp.

From Scientific American • Nov. 15, 2022

Other remainders include the use of much recorded music, leaving the terrific musicians on hand, like Jiménez and the pianist Anibal César Cruz, underused.

From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2022

Piggy wore the remainders of a pair of shorts, his fat body was golden brown, and the glasses still flashed when he looked at anything.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding