REMAINED Synonyms: 96 Similar and Opposite Words

remained

verb

past tense of remain

as in stayed

to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time one of the three bridges known as "the London Bridge," it was moved in the late 1960s to Lake Havasu City, Arizona, where it remains today

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as in continued

to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state the fact remains: it's still impossible to be in two places at once

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Recent Examples of remained As her pregnancy progressed, Kabita’s belly swelled while the rest of her remained gaunt. — ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026 When the Los Angeles County wildfires broke out last year, the Palisades Village remained largely unscathed after Caruso hired private firefighters to protect it. — Tom Wait, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 But the idea remained on the table after Mourinho’s appointment in June. — Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026 The content remained identical, but attendance immediately became more engaged because employees could no longer operate on autopilot. — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026 The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, which operates the de Young and Legion of Honor, laid off 12 employees as attendance remained about 20 percent below pre-pandemic levels. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Stokesberry said the skies have remained free of uncrewed aircraft since Monday, which has allowed fire crews to attack from above and below. — Morgan Chesky, NBC news, 6 Aug. 2026 Although the outcome in Michigan remained uncertain, AIPAC had some success Tuesday. — Mike Catalini, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026 Classic blue jeans remained a cornerstone, with true blues standing out at Kallmeyer and Dries Van Noten. — Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 5 Aug. 2026

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In 2017, Tiffany, Sooyoung and Seohyun declined to renew with SM Entertainment while the other five members stayed, with SM issuing a statement that group activities would continue regardless.

— Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
When the Eaton fire roared through the area, Gwendolyn Mathers, Tail Town’s executive director, and a group of volunteers evacuated the cats, who stayed at volunteers’ and foster cat parents’ homes for two weeks.

— Solvej Schou, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of stayed

Verb

His velocity has continued to sink lower than his average speed in past seasons.

— Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026
More than 1,100 homes were destroyed and at least 8,300 were damaged as rescue workers and volunteers continued searching for survivors, CBS News reported.

— Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of continued

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Workers have registered their numbers to get paid through mobile money transactions, signed attendance sheets and waited for payment notifications, but only some were eventually paid.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
The three sat inside their cars, out of the hot August gloom, and waited.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of waited

Verb

Alex Lange smoothly handled the seventh, but lefty Aaron Bummer only lasted 20 pitches into the eighth inning and allowed a Josh Bell RBI single to cut the lead to 3-2 before he was replaced by right-hander Nate Pearson.

— PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2026
Her dad decided to follow in his father’s footsteps, and started his own restaurant that lasted for 28 years.

— Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of lasted

Verb

Many aid organizations were already on the ground in Choco supporting a 2016 peace accord between the government and leftist rebels, and responding to violence in the region involving other armed groups that has persisted since then.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
Dry and warm weather that persisted over much of the interior West, Southwest and Rockies also fueled wildfires, including in eastern Oregon, where wildfires burned over 140,000 acres in July, according to NOAA.

— Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026

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