salvages 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of salvage
as in rescues
to remove (something) from a place of danger or harm Nothing could be salvaged from the shipwreck.

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noun

plural of salvage
as in savings

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Recent Examples of salvages
Verb
Canty salvages the wallpaper, her main material, from houses being remodeled or torn down. — Benjamin Lima special Contributor, Dallas Morning News, 7 Feb. 2026 Lunardelli salvages them and transforms them into beautiful objects—keepsake souvenirs that are unlike anything else in Venice. — Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 26 Aug. 2025 Jim Carrey salvages his dignity better than, say, Mike Myers did in The Cat in the Hat, but this thing shouldn’t have existed in the first place, a fact the film can never escape. — Will Leitch, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for salvages
  1. rescues
  2. preservations
  3. recovers
  4. protections
  5. saves
Verb
  • Some anti-immigration activists have targeted the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, a 200-year-old volunteer force that rescues people in distress at sea, because it is often called out to meet the migrant boats.
    — Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
  • If a company’s sales start slowing, or its customer base weakens, the amount of financing available through discounting shrinks in step, which means this is not a tool that rescues a business already in serious difficulty.
    — Amit Singhania, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of rescues
Noun
  • Alckmin rejected the accusation that Mercosur countries have less concerns about environmental preservations, as some EU farmers have said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
Definition of preservations
Verb
  • An airline that consistently recovers faster, communicates earlier and rebooks passengers proactively builds a reputational advantage that’s difficult for competitors to replicate because it’s embedded in operational infrastructure, not marketing.
    — Abha Dogra, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Here, by administering medicine brought from his outer-planet home, Rennie recovers.
    — THR Staff, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of recovers
Noun
  • Orphan drug protections apply narrowly to the rare disease and do not apply when the same drug is developed for a common disease.
    — John Mildenberger, STAT, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Opponents argue the proposal weakens environmental protections, stifles community input and could fast-track projects like data centers and freeways.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of protections
Verb
  • Gretchen ends up surviving the movie, because Donnie goes back in time and saves her, but her future is left uncertain.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Make sure the offer actually saves you money after those conditions are included.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
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“Salvages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salvages. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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