salvageable

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Recent Examples of salvageable The entire store did a rehaul from the ground up — given that the only thing salvageable were the cement floors and the marble countertops. Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026 In Williams’ place, Kodai Senga looks salvageable as a reliever entering the final year of his contract. Tim Britton, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026 Floating in zero gravity, players slice derelict spacecraft into salvageable chunks, while also contending with unruly physics, pressure, and profit margins. Alan Bradley, Space.com, 2 Aug. 2026 Here’s how to judge if your petunias are salvageable and how to refresh the look of sparse or leggy plants. Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 14 July 2026 The recent fire heavily damaged the structure, and a structural assessment found that what remains is not salvageable, DPR explained. Christa Swanson, CBS News, 9 June 2026 The historic bandstand that caught fire in Denver’s City Park in March is not salvageable and will need to be torn down, according to Mayor Mike Johnston and Denver Parks & Recreation. John Wenzel, Denver Post, 8 June 2026 The developers have determined the original century-old structure is no longer salvageable. Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2026 The frames are almost always salvageable and can be reupholstered in velvet, patterned tapestry, or shearling. Shagun Khare, Martha Stewart, 24 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for salvageable
Adjective
  • Crucially, the repairable handset is now available for the first time in the US.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Fairphone, the maker of the most repairable smartphones, is finally entering the US market, starting with a new $649 product.
    Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 18 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Despite being reparable, malfunctioning coffee machines, electric kettles, irons, and the like were ending up in landfills.
    Anne Pinto-Rodrigues, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The building suffered reparable damage, but renovation efforts have been thwarted, according to owner James Touhuni.
    Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Mar. 2021
Adjective
  • The good news is that these losses are measurable and often correctable.
    Brynn Cooksey, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Calm, easy to pilot, and both predictable and correctable on track, the F80 transforms into a snarling monster on the road.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 17 June 2026
Adjective
  • Mosset says the academic gap gets the least attention and is the most fixable of the three.
    Ash Jurberg, Parents, 13 Sep. 2026
  • Instead of defending a media plan against a vague feeling that things aren't working, the agency becomes the party diagnosing a real, fixable operational gap.
    Mitchell Leiman, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026

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“Salvageable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salvageable. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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