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salvation

noun

sal-ˈvā-shən

Definition of salvation

as in rescue

the saving from danger or evil we spent the night in the cellar praying for salvation from the tornadoes

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Recent Examples of salvation Other doctrines like predestination (where some people are chosen for salvation and others are damned) have further broken the world into separate spheres. — Casper Ter Kuile, Vox, 16 Sep. 2026 Who or what will guide us to artificially intelligent salvation, according to the commander in chief? — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026 On a warm Friday afternoon in August, the 33-year-old Ramsey stood on the banks of Pactolus Lake overlooking the land where her parents, grandparents and other Black Americans once found salvation amid turbulent times. — Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2026 Our salvation was an $80, size XL Indianapolis Motor Speedway Christmas sweater. — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for salvation

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Dodgers lefty Tanner Scott came to the rescue and struck out Bauers and Yelich to end the inning (and Garrett Mitchell to kick off the seventh).

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Doctors in Aleppo later reported a pattern of regime snipers shooting to maim civilians, rather than to kill them—partly to maximize suffering, partly to invite rescue attempts.

— Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

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Like Francis before him, Leo has made visiting prisons a key part of his papal travel in a bid to give a message of hope to inmates and underscore their inherent dignity, that God loves them and that there is always a chance for redemption.

— Nicole Winfield, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
And because these things can’t be bought and sold quickly like a share of stock, the firms have had to limit those redemptions.

— Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026

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