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as in debris
the portion or bits of something left over or behind after it has been destroyed
the detective noticed an ashy residue in the sink and deduced that a piece of paper had been burned there
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as in remainder
a remaining group or portion
the residue of our Thanksgiving feast consisted of a denuded turkey carcass and a couple rolls
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Recent Examples of residue
The windows on the building’s third floor were broken through with residue from the black smoke.
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Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2025
Crowley police instructed the hospital to go ahead with the treatment without doing a gunshot residue test, according to the report.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2025
Investigators say gunshot residue was later found embedded in Hunt’s wound.
—Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2025
Then, brush off or vacuum up the powder and wipe away any residue.
—Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 June 2025
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Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2025
Crowley police instructed the hospital to go ahead with the treatment without doing a gunshot residue test, according to the report.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2025
Investigators say gunshot residue was later found embedded in Hunt’s wound.
—Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2025
Then, brush off or vacuum up the powder and wipe away any residue.
—Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for residue
Noun
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The self-emptying autowash dock can hold up to 74 days of auto-emptying vacuum debris and four weeks of mopping and pad washing.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 July 2025
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The night of the fire, firework debris ignited the area of the home’s exterior rear porch, said Independence Fire Chief Jimmy Walker.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
9 July 2025
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In addition to her payments, the television personality is financing the cost of Matteo's health insurance, speech therapy and remainder of his preschool education through the 2024-2025 year.—
Esther Kang,
People.com,
16 May 2025
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Reserve Luis Carrera to replace him for remainder of Rd. 1.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 June 2025
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The Palestinian health ministry reported Sunday that 139 bodies had been brought to Gaza hospitals in the past 24 hours, with a number of victims still under the rubble.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
14 July 2025
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For 21 months, Israeli armed forces have been bombing Gaza into a landscape of rubble and buried corpses—a massively disproportionate retaliation for the Hamas attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, that killed over 1,200 Israelis.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
Noun
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If your back starts to sag, rest and reset to maintain proper form.—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
14 July 2025
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Located in a former Baroque palace estate in the Juárez neighborhood, this house is what sunny fever dreams are made of: a massive outdoor pool is lined by plush loungers, where the city’s chicest rest atop olive-and-white towels and sip mezcal cocktails and natural wine.—
Michaela Trimble,
Vogue,
13 July 2025
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Authorities were notified of a midair collision in an area just south of Steinbach shortly before 9 a.m. RCMP, fire crews, and emergency medical services responded to the scene and located the wreckage of two small single-engine aircraft.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
9 July 2025
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The National Transportation Safety Board stated that an investigator was expected to arrive at the crash site on Tuesday and that the wreckage would be transported to a facility for further analysis.—
Dan Gooding
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
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For context, massive flooding in New York City was caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida (2021).—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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The remnants of an ancient community face a new age of anxiety after decades of uneasy coexistence with the mullahs’ regime.—
Roya Hakakian,
The Atlantic,
10 July 2025
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“Residue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/residue. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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