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Discover LudwigThe phrase "leftovers from" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is often used to refer to food that has not been finished or consumed during a meal or event. It can also be used figuratively to describe things that remain or are leftover from a previous situation or event. Example: After the party, we had a lot of leftovers from the buffet that we couldn't finish. Example: The new CEO had to deal with the financial crisis that was leftover from the previous administration.
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There were leftovers from that, too.
Many trees and seed cones were leftovers from timber stands.
Their refrigerator housed nothing but leftovers from their favorite restaurants.
They had leftovers — a lot of leftovers from ages back.
It looks like leftovers from the set of TRON.
They may have been leftovers from the press box.
Slaves' diets were often supplemented by leftovers from a master's table; domestic servants took home leftovers from employers' tables.
Defrost the leftovers from Tuesday's bacon casserole thoroughly.
She even admits taking the leftovers from her guests' glasses.
Serve leftovers from Sunday: baked chicken and string beans.
Furnishings — many "leftovers" from the Bridgehampton house — are eclectic.
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