Meaning & use
vestige
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A small remaining trace or sign of something that once existed but has now mostly disappeared.
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The crumbling wall was the last vestige of the ancient fortress.
A faint accent was the only vestige of his childhood in France.
A note on using this word
Vestige is often used in biology to describe an organ or structure, such as the human appendix, that has lost most of its original function over evolutionary time.
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remnanttrace
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