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adjective

as in saved

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verb

past tense of rescue
as in salvaged
to remove from danger or harm an all-out effort to rescue a beached whale

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Recent Examples of rescued
Verb
Samy Paul, a British tourist, described the shock of the impact to The Associated Press after being rescued from the Renfe train. — Joseph Wilson, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026 The only baby rescued from the nursery died weeks later, bringing the death toll to 15. — ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026 Ritz studied art and art restoration in Santa Monica and was a designer, collector and animal lover who rescued, cared for or found homes for more than 60 dogs. — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2026 Now, some face losing that freedom again, not at the hands of Ortega’s government, but through the actions of the country that rescued them. — Lynn Northcutt Vega, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026 Samy Paul, a British tourist, described the shock of the impact to the Associated Press after being rescued from the RENFE train. — Joseph Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026 Brown had already rescued them once, hitting the shot that forced overtime, then another bomb that nearly put the Boston Celtics away. — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 28 Oct. 2026 Three people were displaced and a cat was rescued following a fire that broke out at an apartment building in Norwalk on Tuesday. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 28 Oct. 2026 At the Northwestern campus Saturday, volunteers rescued over 40 live, injured birds, including 35 by the Kellogg School of Management Global Hub, said Allison Sloan, a volunteer with Bird-Friendly Evanston. — Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rescued
  1. saved
  2. reclaimed
  3. recovered
  4. restored
Adjective
  • But the tale of the shitty guy who uses his ‘saved’ status to avoid scrutiny of his current choices?
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026
  • Spotify noted that the album is one of the most pre-saved album Countdown Pages in platform history, with more than five million presaves.
    — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 21 Mar. 2026
Definition of saved
Adjective
  • In April, the country's largest company, Vingroup, broke ground for the new coastal town on reclaimed land the size of 1,800 soccer fields.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Other designs rely heavily on air cooling, and some operators use reclaimed wastewater instead of drinking water.
    — Zev Laine, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of reclaimed
Adjective
  • Working with researchers at the ARC Research Hub for Future Fibres, Piller learned fiber-processing techniques including blending, carding and spinning to develop experimental yarns from the recovered uniform materials.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2026
  • While Barlow normally kept her car meticulously clean, Kramer said the recovered vehicle had been completely trashed inside and looked as though it had been driven under a fence.
    — Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of recovered
Adjective
  • The Grand 1894 Opera House, one of the most beautiful historic theaters in Texas, offers concerts, touring shows, and performances year-round in an intimate, restored setting.
    — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2025
  • In her most personal work yet, Nguyen shows how togetherness and storytelling can transform grief into healing, hope and restored kinship.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 14 Aug. 2025
Definition of restored

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