Remain and Stand

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Remain

Remain verb - To continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time.

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Stand is a synonym for remain in stay topic. In some cases you can use "Stand" instead a verb "Remain", when it comes to topics like continue to exist.

Nearby Words: remainder, remaining

Stand

Stand verb - To occupy a place or location.

Usage example: the monument stands in the middle of the town plaza

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Remain is a synonym for stand in exist topic. Sometimes you can use "Remain" instead a verb "Stand".

Nearby Words: standing, stance, standee

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violence	remain violence	stand violence
people	remain people	stand people
thanks	remain thanks	stand thanks
name	remain name	stand name
Other words: death, time, way, game, side, ways.

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In JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 7: Steel Ball Run, the arc's Big Bad President Funny Valentine stand allows them to pull copies of themselves to fight and to remain effectively immortal (as all clones share the same memories) or of others to blow them up

Source: Self-Duplication
Others remain Rebels and outsiders- but now they stand not alone, but together, and they may even have a cause, even if they remain fully aware that they are likely doomed.

Source: Punk Punk
Except at least Flowery had the decency to remain in one spot most of the time, while Clanky does not want to stand still.

Source: Video Game / Kirby: Planet Robobot

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