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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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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

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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
Violet, named for the color of identifying crayon scrawled on her brow, is one of 250 to 500 patients the Marine Mammal Care Center rescues along the Los Angeles County coast every year.

— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of rescues

Noun

Fires routinely sweep Kinshasa’s dense neighborhoods during the dry season, where rapid urban growth outpaces basic protections such as reliable fire and emergency services.

— Saleh Mwanamilongo, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
If the Interior Department determines the animals have met recovery goals, the administration will also work with states to encourage them to remove state-level protections and revise standards governing lethal wolf removal.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of protections

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That’s the difference between a bill that saves Hollywood and one that saves American filmmaking.

— Sam Roseme, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026
Kevin Kelly pitched a perfect eighth and Tyler Wells finished for his sixth save after major league saves leader Bryan Baker exited with what the right-hander believed was dehydration after issuing two walks to start the ninth.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026

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