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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

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Recent Examples of salvages
Noun
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
  • The bar also partners with Wags and Walks, a non-profit organization that rescues and adopts dogs in need.
    Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025
  • What rescues the film from tedium are the characterizations, which are well-drawn even under the briefest circumstances.
    Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But unless the ball rolls out of the end zone, the play is live until somebody recovers the ball, as the referee explained on the microphone after the play.
    Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
  • This approach recovers as much as 80% of the original capacity.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Being busy suited Onana, who was fully engaged and concentrated, made some smart reaction saves and kept his distribution on the right side of zany.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • How Lack Of Time Hurts Workplace Environment Productivity The irony is that carving out even a little time for inquiry almost always saves time later.
    Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Other consumer advocates agree that more protections are needed.
    Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • More than half of CMOs said they were focused on strengthening data privacy and protections over the next two years, up from around four in 10 in the previous year’s survey.
    Tom Barkley, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Salvages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salvages. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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