salvaged 1 of 2

past tense of salvage

salvaged

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adjective

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of salvaged
Adjective
Even after superstar Shohei Ohtani salvaged two runs via a 357-foot homer in the seventh, Rogers Centre let the National League MVP frontrunner hear it during his final at-bat of the night. Gabe Smallson, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025 Pieces of wood and metal from the existing scaffolding were salvaged to construct a staircase and a custom kitchen. Valentina Raggi, Architectural Digest, 20 Oct. 2025 When the flames were put out, Rhodes walked inside certain areas of the charred home to see if there was anything that could be salvaged. Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025 The moves scuttled negotiations for weeks before subsequent talks salvaged the fragile trade truce. John Liu, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025 The question is, as banged up as Jennings is, whether he can be salvaged. Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025 In 1991, the Flyers salvaged the day with a tie to the Pittsburgh Penguins after the Phillies lost to the New York Mets, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers squeaked out a win against the Birds. Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025 Much of what 8 Degrees left behind has been salvaged and repurposed in some subtle ways, but the overall essence of the brewery is entirely new. Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025 The Eagles still nearly salvaged their undefeated record. Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for salvaged
Verb
  • Charlie had been abandoned and then rescued and fostered by a man in Jacksonville.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The news comes after a Holland America Line ship rescued two people from a sailing vessel in distress in August during a cruise from Boston to Quebec City, Canada.
    Nathan Diller, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The modern structure has been decked out in reclaimed timber and Roxbury granite, resulting in a rustic feel.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The canvas wall panels have been drenched in Erdem’s signature blue, and the reclaimed floor tiles are patterned and colorful.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The sled, which is later recovered from the water, allows engineers to evaluate the system’s performance and stress tolerance without risking an actual aircraft.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Jones was found with more than $5,200 in his possession and a backpack recovered on Madison had $8,300 in cash in it.
    Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The album is already available to be pre-saved.
    Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The singer’s twelfth studio album, which is due out October 3, has become the most pre-saved project in the history of Spotify’s countdown page feature, according to the streaming platform.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The secret bases helped the family live undetected until police finally tracked Phillips down in the early hours of September 8, and retrieved the children from deep within the forest.
    Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
  • There also did not appear to be many hawkers, who stand on the sidewalk with binders filled with photographs of different items that are later retrieved from a storefront, storage bin or other location upon request.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • 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

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“Salvaged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salvaged. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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