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residue

re zuh dooh
  • n  matter that remains after something has been removed
  • n  something left after other parts have been taken away
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  • It shouldn't have been a tough choice--who wants to eat pesticide residue?--but the organic apples had been grown in California.
  • It took until 1957 for the FDA to figure out by increasingly sensitive tests, that there is a minute residue of stilbestrol in other parts of caponettes than the head 20 to 30 .
  • The study authors speculate that the increase of residue on bills is likely in step with an increase in cocaine consumptionalready as much as a $70 billion annual industry .
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  residue
  • Joe Maddon in Examiner.com
    The amount of oil moving into Mississippi waters has greatly increased in the last several days, and the prevailing winds that cause the oil and its residue to move in our direction are predicted to continue, at least until the middle of the... Haley Barbour http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haley_Barbour&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHFFjpsw2NMVwx2ZPUOVs0PfP9I0w Bellingham Herald http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2010/06/27/1501243/oil-washes-ashore-on-mississippi.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNG88ap8KgWzPCTIzUDfdP08vYkJEg Jun 27, 2010 83066 110646 residue He's fine. He just had a little bit of a sore shoulder, was a residue of the previous night. I don't think it's anything long term. He probably will not play tomorrow. I don't know about his availability, but I'm not anticipating to start him...
  • Doc Rivers in USA Today
    We pick and choose a little bit right now on our focus, and we can't do that,Celtics coach Doc Rivers said. "That's part of the championship residue. Last year, every game we thought of as a big game."

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