as in rescues
to remove (something) from a place of danger or harm
Nothing could be salvaged from the shipwreck.
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Recent Examples of salvages
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
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
Verb
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Louis rescues a young girl and brings her back to Lestat to make her into a vampire.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
6 June 2026
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The foundation is a nonprofit that tends the herd’s medical needs and rescues those in jeopardy.—
Mark Price
June 3,
Charlotte Observer,
3 June 2026
Verb
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The Giants didn’t have a true backup infielder after moving Casey Schmitt to left field while Heliot Ramos recovers from a moderate quad strain, and Christian Koss is on the IL with Sacramento.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
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Mbiya will have an opportunity to showcase himself as Reeves recovers from injury.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
1 June 2026
Noun
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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
Verb
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Zegna typically saves its collection debut for Milan Fashion Week, and by moving it to the west, the show delivered an exclamation point for Los Angeles as the third high-profile runway presentation in the city after Hermès in Bel-Air last night and Dior at LACMA last month.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
6 June 2026
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Rather than measuring activity like tokens consumed or lines of code, Wu said, Cognition estimates the number of human engineering hours its agent actually saves and backs that estimate with a refund.—
Jasmine Wu,Deirdre Bosa,
CNBC,
5 June 2026
Noun
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Some of this aligns with what Mamdani is trying to do in the city, but the particulars are different — how does a federal approach to tenant protections even work?—
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
2 June 2026
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The next governor must ensure that any lithium development includes real protections, real accountability, and real investment in environmental restoration.—
Daniela Flores,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 June 2026
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“Salvages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salvages. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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