as in rescues
to remove (something) from a place of danger or harm
Nothing could be salvaged from the shipwreck.
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Recent Examples of salvages
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
Verb
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for salvages
Verb
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But just as Montana’s arms are about to be sawed off, his machine-gunning partner bursts in and rescues him.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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Directed by Lynne Ramsay, the movie follows Joe (Joaquin Phoenix), an introverted loner who rescues women who find themselves in precarious positions.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Walker immediately slots as the Week 1 starter while Ikem Ekwonu recovers from patellar tendon surgery after he was injured in the playoff loss to the Los Angeles Rams.—
Joseph Person,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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If the turtle recovers, she will be released back into the Gulf — the same waters she was pulled from along the Galveston shoreline.—
Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Ziegler’s humor and sympathy for her characters—including Creon, who desperately wants to do right by everyone—saves the conflict between individual and state from heavy-handedness.—
Dan Stahl,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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His release saves Denver over $8 million in cap space.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Tapia warned that investors would face significant risks due to the lack of legal protections.—
Ivan Taylor,
CBS News,
18 Mar. 2026
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Their letter is a sign of growing concerns on Capitol Hill about how AI companies are developing and using their models and whether proper protections are in place for those who generate the materials the models train from.—
Emily Wilkins,
CNBC,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Salvages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salvages. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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