all vestige

Frequency: 5.51.5 per million words

Used to mean every single trace of something, often used in plural 'all vestiges'.

vestigeADJECTIVE + vestige

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Examples (10)

  • The Supreme Court ruled that states had to remove all vestiges of past discrimination.
  • The fire consumed the old mansion, leaving no vestige of its former grandeur.
  • After the restructuring, all vestiges of the old management system were gone.
  • The new government worked to eradicate all vestiges of the previous totalitarian regime.
  • Over centuries, the relentless desert winds erased all vestiges of the ancient caravan route.
  • He vowed to shed all vestiges of his past failures and start anew.
  • The clean-up crew meticulously removed all vestiges of the oil spill from the coastline.
  • Despite her efforts to appear calm, all vestiges of her composure had vanished.
  • The artist intentionally left no vestige of realism in his abstract paintings.
  • The passage of time slowly eroded all vestiges of the forgotten language.