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• present tense form of remain (3rd person singular).

remains

British  

/ rɪˈmeɪnz /

plural noun

1. any pieces, scraps, fragments, etc, that are left unused or still extant, as after use, consumption, the passage of time, etc

   the remains of a meal

   archaeological remains

2. the body of a dead person; corpse

3. Also called: literary remains. the unpublished writings of an author at the time of his or her death

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Explanation

The word remains can mean a dead body, so a detective might investigate to find out if some bones found in a lake are human or non-human remains. You can also use remains to mean the part of something that's left behind after the rest has been used or thrown away. So the remains of your birthday cake might just be some crumbs and melted candles, and the remains of a building after an earthquake could consist of a crumbling foundation. In a murder mystery, though, remains are likely to be human bodies.

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“We expect some pilot projects for specific tasks to gradually convert into broader deployments starting in 2027, although the pace of scaling remains uncertain,” the bank says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

While timbers from the ship disappeared long ago, the remains of its precious cargo were embedded in the rocky slope along the Kekova coast.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

On trading: Morgan Stanley remains upbeat on the broader stock market, with an S&P 500 year-end target of 8,000.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

We should expect a ruling sooner rather than later, but the real question remains, why the emergency?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

A century-and-a-half after it sunk the Housatonic and more than twenty years after the submarine was raised, it remains a mystery.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

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