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Definition of savednext

saved

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verb

past tense of save
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as in delivered
to free from the penalties or consequences of sin the Christian belief that Jesus lived and died to save humanity

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Recent Examples of saved
Adjective
Spotify noted that the album is one of the most pre-saved album Countdown Pages in platform history, with more than five million presaves. Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 21 Mar. 2026 Don't Be Dumb broke Spotify's record as the most pre-saved hip-hop album on the platform with 1 million total pre-saves. Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
Verb
Kiffin opted for the Rebels, and after two years in town, Kiffin waxed poetic about how Oxford had saved him. Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026 David Raya saved Enzo Le Fee’s resulting penalty kick, before Bruno Guimaraes scored Arsenal’s opener just two minutes later. Art De Roché, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for saved
Recent Examples of Synonyms for saved
Adjective
  • Alberni’s artworks are made from reclaimed fabric and paper, among other materials.
    Claire Harutunian, Charlotte Observer, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The law also added a requirement that heavy water users (over 100,000 gallons a day) must use reclaimed water, or water that has been used and cleaned, to offset their use of fresh, drinkable water.
    Alexandra Phelps, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • The card also earns 3X rewards on pet stores, pet services and at any licensed vet (just note rewards can only be redeemed for a statement credit).
    Ryley Amond, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026
  • This ticket must be redeemed at one of the nine Florida Lottery offices throughout the state.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Schiano rescued the program from irrelevance, but modest respectability might be all Rutgers can afford this season — if that.
    Manny Navarro, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Images of the man and woman being rescued were posted by Nepal’s Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers on Saturday, confirming the rescues.
    Jon Haworth, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • While images of destruction flooded social media, 68-year-old Chris White, a lifelong resident of Kauai and the owner of a rental home in Poipu, noted that much of the island was spared significant damage.
    GENE JOHNSON, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2026
  • Families of 9/11 victims still press for a definitive trial and favor the death penalty, fearing future prisoner swaps if Mohammed is spared execution yet remains imprisoned indefinitely.
    Larry Neumeister, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In 2018, Steve Bannon sent a message to Jeffrey Epstein, preserved in the Justice Department’s cache of Epstein files, suggesting that the success of extremist European political parties would make life easier for the cryptocurrency industry.
    Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Most had already been preserved by an archivist, but a few strays had to be tracked down before they could all be laid out across the 20,000-square-foot second floor of Kith‘s office (prior to it being built out).
    Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Senner’s father, Stanley, has devoted more than five decades to the conservation of migratory shorebirds.
    Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Microsoft has recently devoted more computing power to its first-party models and its Copilot product.
    Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Those additions can complicate sorting and downstream recycling or reduce the quality of the recovered material.
    Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The recovered vehicle will be returned to Texas for analysis to improve future Starship designs.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In Freeport, Allen has built the Bahamas Maritime Museum, where relics are cataloged, conserved, and displayed, creating local jobs and drawing tourists.
    Brett Berk, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Hibernation on demand Hibernation is a specialty of squirrels, hamsters, and bears, but the neural circuit that triggers it is conserved across mammals, and is present in species that never hibernate in the wild—like mice.
    Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 22 Aug. 2026

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“Saved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saved. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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