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  • The Yuan dynasty conquered the last remnant of the Song dynasty in 1279.
    remnant = of the little that remained
  • He pulled the torn remnants of his windbreaker, pieces really, around his shoulders and tried to hold what heat his body could find.  (source)
    remnants = small amounts that remains after the rest is gone
  • The last stains of sunset had melted away, and the twilight died, too, as he stood there, though its remnants clung reluctantly to everything that was pale in color—pebbles, the dusty road, the figure of the man himself—turning them blue and blurry.  (source)
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  • There was still a remnant of sunset light in the sky,  (source)
    remnant = last bit
  • His feet were still wrapped in the remnants of the coat and the shreds of tarp and...  (source)
    remnants = small amounts that remains after the rest is gone
  • Your own wisdom must decide your course, but thirteen is small remnant of the great folk of Durin that once dwelt here, and now are scattered far.  (source)
    remnant = remaining part
  • It was long after dusk when Mina and I went out with the remnants of 27 and 53 and a bottle of brown ale in a paper bag.  (source)
    remnants = small amounts that remains after the rest is gone
  • They had devoured, in spite of all my efforts to prevent them, all but a small remnant of the contents of the dish.  (source)
    remnant = a small amount that remains after the rest is gone
  • At first much of their time was spent in seeking out the remnants of the White Witch's army and destroying them,  (source)
    remnants = the small parts that remained after the rest was gone
  • It could be a leftover or a remnant or whatever they call them.†  (source)
    remnant = a small amount that remains after the rest is gone
  • She said that was because honey remnants attracted roaches.†  (source)
    remnants = small amounts that remains after the rest is gone
  • She'd stretched the last few dollars for weeks, surviving on grits, boiled mussels, and the occasional remnant egg from the rangy hens.†  (source)
    remnant = a small amount that remains after the rest is gone
  • It was the remnants of the big bang, the still-warm embers of Creation.†  (source)
    remnants = small amounts that remains after the rest is gone
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