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
Their European dropout neighbors are hoping for freedom, healing and salvation from Armageddon.
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Leo Barraclough, Variety, 14 Jan. 2026
In other words, the official rationale for the Dawes Act was economic salvation through assimilation.
—David Treuer, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
Peter offers her not only logic — a picture in which all the parts, however gruesome, fit together — but salvation.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
Drawn in by his message of salvation, David reached out.
—Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 6 Jan. 2026
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Leo Barraclough, Variety, 14 Jan. 2026
In other words, the official rationale for the Dawes Act was economic salvation through assimilation.
—David Treuer, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
Peter offers her not only logic — a picture in which all the parts, however gruesome, fit together — but salvation.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
Drawn in by his message of salvation, David reached out.
—Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 6 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for salvation
Recent Examples of Synonyms for salvation
Noun
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Archival added that rescue efforts had been hampered by the fact that any sparks created by digging machinery could ignite methane gas emitted by the landfill, per the outlet.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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At least four people were killed and 25 others were injured there, according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, which said rescues were ongoing.—
Morgan Winsor,
ABC News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Buckeye doesn’t shy away from what war does to ‘ordinary’ Americans, but there’s beauty and redemption in the heartbreak.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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The backstabbing gives the show its spiky, durable spine—but its belief in individual people’s potential, its love of adventure, its obsession with redemption, reclamation, and rebirth?—
David Canfield,
Vanity Fair,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Salvation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salvation. Accessed 24 Jan. 2026.
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