: the skill or practice of saving or protecting the lives especially of drowning persons
Examples of lifesaving in a Sentence
Noun
All lifeguards are trained in lifesaving.
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Patients and health care advocates said the abrupt decision to halt U.S. funding for a lifesaving HIV program in Africa led to widespread confusion and worry that the virus would spread further.—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 3 Feb. 2025 Regarding money management, few things are more lifesaving than an emergency fund.—Nia Bowers, Detroit Free Press, 28 Nov. 2024
Noun
In the past decade, there has been an impressive number of lifesaving innovations in cancer research and treatment.—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025 The movie opens with T’Challa dying off camera of an unknown ailment for which his sister, Shuri, played by Letitia Wright, desperately tries to find a lifesaving treatment.—Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lifesaving
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