variants
or saviour
as in protector
one that saves from danger or destruction
the policeman proved to be our savior, arriving on the scene just as we were about to be mugged
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Recent Examples of savior
This Strapless Maxi Dress is a savior for summer outdoor weddings.
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Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 3 June 2026
And the one savior … is Trump himself.
—Huo Jingnan, NPR, 3 June 2026
Graham Platner, the Maine Senate candidate who has become the left’s latest blue-collar savior, put the theory in its most unguarded form.
—Nicholas Jacobs, The Conversation, 2 June 2026
Link will be the scope's savior, if all goes to plan, meeting up with Swift in LEO and boosting it to a higher altitude.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 28 May 2026
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Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 3 June 2026
And the one savior … is Trump himself.
—Huo Jingnan, NPR, 3 June 2026
Graham Platner, the Maine Senate candidate who has become the left’s latest blue-collar savior, put the theory in its most unguarded form.
—Nicholas Jacobs, The Conversation, 2 June 2026
Link will be the scope's savior, if all goes to plan, meeting up with Swift in LEO and boosting it to a higher altitude.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 28 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for savior
Recent Examples of Synonyms for savior
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The free-agent market has one strong left tackle option available in Taylor Decker, who served as Stafford’s blindside protector on the Detroit Lions from 2016 to 2020.—
Nate Atkins,
New York Times,
15 June 2026
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Robinson is the Knicks’ top impending free agent, as his elite abilities as an offensive rebounder and rim protector make the backup center an important part of their roster.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
14 June 2026
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If a fintech partner touches stablecoins, require clarity on authorized redeemers, redemption cutoffs, intraday funding needs, liquidity backstops, and stress contingencies.—
Ron Shevlin,
Forbes.com,
16 Mar. 2026
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God took the lowly form of man not only to be more relatable to us, but to save sinners, like me, who have no eternal redeemer.—
Matt Fleming,
Oc Register,
25 Dec. 2025
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Day had been assigned as King's legal guardian after his grandmother had a stroke, and he was later placed with the Department of Human Services after Day gave him up.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
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Bewildered by the change, Emily scrambles to restore their bond, implausibly teaching herself piano in a bid to impress her guardian.—
Natalia Winkelman,
Variety,
16 June 2026
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The rescuers strain to lift the door farther open as the three teenagers dart out, followed quickly by one pilot and then by another.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 June 2026
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An adventurous trek into a Charlotte retention pond turned potentially deadly when a child became trapped in the water and disappeared, according to rescuers.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
18 June 2026
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Unlike Benitez, who arrived at Anfield with inflated confidence having won two La Liga titles in three seasons at Valencia, along with the UEFA Cup, Iraola’s track record is one of a developer at each of his previous clubs rather than a deliverer of trophies.—
Simon Hughes,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
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The first-ever woman — and the first-ever Black person — to win the Cinematography Oscar was also the deliverer of one of the night’s most iconic speeches.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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The other three account types will permit savers to make withdrawals and deposits as needed, but the accounts will employ a variable rate that will change based on market conditions.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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The distance between $167,970 and $44,115 is the architecture of American inequality, expressed in retirement savings data—a small cohort of high-balance savers dragging the average skyward while the rest of the country lives in the median.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
17 June 2026
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The keeper could do nothing but flail and then turn and scream in frustration at his defense’s failings at the crucial moment.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
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In early modernity, women were the keepers of this obsessive temporality of attention—of the current of time that flows beneath event, beneath change.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
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There was no call – and the story repeated itself seconds later when Bridges took a hand to the face from a Spurs defender.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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In the seventh minute, McKennie’s pass went off Paraguayan defender Damian Bobadilla into the net for an own goal.—
Michael Lewis,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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“Savior.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/savior. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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