as in rescuing
to remove (something) from a place of danger or harm
Nothing could be salvaged from the shipwreck.
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Recent Examples of salvaging
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Dec. 2025
Charlotte Varnes,
New York Times,
27 June 2026
In the meantime, Pintar is scrambling to apply for grants in hopes of salvaging as much of the program as possible.
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CBS News,
17 June 2026
New York sits at 30-38 overall and 4-5 in June after salvaging the final game of their recent series with the Cardinals.
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Tyler Estep,
AJC.com,
12 June 2026
Executives have signaled that the shift is partly aimed at salvaging capital committed during the EV boom while tapping new utility and data center demand.
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Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
9 June 2026
There have even been experiments in salvaging parts from existing satellites to be used to build or repair others.
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David Szondy
may 31,
New Atlas,
31 May 2026
Nonetheless, the injury cast a shadow over the series-salvaging blowout.
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Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
The Padres had lost four in a row before salvaging a game on Sunday against the White Sox.
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Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 May 2026
The sprawling case, which has thousands of court filings, is a battle of salvaging tarnished reputations.
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Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
That will help establish if the successive strikes were plausibly tied to the mission objective of destroying the still floating vessel and stop the salvaging of the drugs.
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MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Dec. 2025
Verb
The Mets fired manager Carlos Mendoza on Friday in hopes of salvaging their season; the subsequent loss moved them to 34-48.
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Charlotte Varnes,
New York Times,
27 June 2026
In the meantime, Pintar is scrambling to apply for grants in hopes of salvaging as much of the program as possible.
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CBS News,
17 June 2026
New York sits at 30-38 overall and 4-5 in June after salvaging the final game of their recent series with the Cardinals.
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Tyler Estep,
AJC.com,
12 June 2026
Executives have signaled that the shift is partly aimed at salvaging capital committed during the EV boom while tapping new utility and data center demand.
—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
9 June 2026
There have even been experiments in salvaging parts from existing satellites to be used to build or repair others.
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David Szondy
may 31,
New Atlas,
31 May 2026
Nonetheless, the injury cast a shadow over the series-salvaging blowout.
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Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
The Padres had lost four in a row before salvaging a game on Sunday against the White Sox.
—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 May 2026
The sprawling case, which has thousands of court filings, is a battle of salvaging tarnished reputations.
—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
28 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for salvaging
Noun
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That in and of itself wasn’t noteworthy — ice after starts is a regular part of any pitcher’s recovery and arm care.
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Pressure is building for standard definitions of stress, resilience and recovery speed, along with more clinical partnerships as regulators pay closer attention.
Verb
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While removing the screen and battery means some embodied carbon is still wasted, rescuing the board still represents a massive win for circularity.
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International teams have continued to flood into the country in recent days to boost the search efforts, with the critical 72-hour window for rescuing people still trapped beneath the rubble having passed.
Verb
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Koné will continue recovering from his fractured tibia and fibula.
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The 1980s, fortunately, brought with them a feminism committed to revisiting and recovering the literary canon of women writers.
Verb
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With potentially record-breaking heat coming to Washington, DC on the Fourth of July, people wanting to catch fireworks by saving an early spot on the National Mall will have a lot of waiting to do.
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The sheriff's office says that deputies and workers extricated the man and attempted life-saving measures, but the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
Verb
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Because many of the dogs from Sacramento County were transferred to Miranda’s Rescue through a third party without the shelter’s knowledge, retrieving the dogs is legally complex, according to the release.
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Putting the pilot aboard an inbound ship or retrieving them from an outbound one must take place between the ship and a pilot boat while at sea.
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“Salvaging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salvaging. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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