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a remaining trace (little bit of something) that was previously abundant- The House of Lords is a vestige of the British system of aristocracy.
vestige = remaining trace
- She had not yet lost the last vestige of hope.
- A penguin's wings are a vestige of their flying ancestor's wings.
- French territories and overseas departments exist as vestiges of the colonial empire.
- The garden, with its golden apples (oranges), is gone now—no vestige of it remains.Twain, Mark -- The Innocents Abroad
- The stream of thought flows on; but most of its segments fall into the bottomless abyss of oblivion. Of some, no memory survives the instant of their passage. Of others, it is confined to a few moments, hours or days. Others, again, leave vestiges which are indestructible, and by means of which they may be recalled as long as life endures.William James
- The mention of Levin's name seemed to deprive Kitty of the last vestige of self-control.Tolstoy, Leo -- Anna Karenina
- With the last vestige of consciousness she jerked her mind and body.Madeleine L'Engle -- A Wrinkle in Time
- Every vestige of winter was gone from the valley.Rick Riordan -- The Lost Hero
- Just like that, every vestige of imagined stability ... has come unraveled.Ellen Hopkins -- Glass
- ...most bugger soldiers are females, but with atrophied or vestigial sexual organs.Orson Scott Card -- Ender's Game
- this new and culminating atrocity had robbed him of all vestiges of reason or forethought.H.G. Wells -- The War of the Worlds
- I only ask so that I can focus my thoughts on the group and perhaps pick up any vestiges of a possible Imprint among them.P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast -- Marked
- All vestige of gracious living! Gone completely!Tennessee Williams -- The Glass Menagerie
- And Charley, who still had vestiges of his Chicago grooming, waded in the water and became his old dirty self again.John Steinbeck -- Travels with Charley
- But I saw no vestige of my white figures.H.G. Wells -- The Time Machine
- ... a darkness sucking any last vestiges of hope from his heart.William P. Young -- The Shack
- Not a vestige of it was to be seen.Charles Dickens -- A Christmas Carol
- The anatomical illusion that had seemed so real slowly disappeared and—like so much we no longer need but can't give up—became vestigial.Nicole Krauss -- The History of Love
- All vestiges of the feudal system with its oppression of the poor were abolished.Athol Fugard -- Master Harold...and the Boys
vestige = trace
vestige = remaining trace
vestiges = remaining traces
vestige = trace or remaining bit (of something)
vestige = last trace (or last little remaining bit)
vestige = remaining trace
vestigial = an unused trace indicative of something once used
vestiges = traces
vestiges = remaining traces
vestige = trace (little that remained from a time when there was more)
vestiges = remaining traces of something that was previously there
vestige = remaining trace
vestiges = traces
vestige = a trace of something
vestigial = a trace of something that was previously there
vestiges = traces of something that was previously there
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