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adjective

as in saved

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verb

past tense of rescue
as in salvaged
to remove from danger or harm an all-out effort to rescue a beached whale

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Recent Examples of rescued
Verb
Three people were rescued from high waters rushing through the Pacoima Wash on Thursday morning in the San Fernando Valley as the Los Angeles area continues to experience bands of heavy rain and flooding. — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026 At the Northwestern campus Saturday, volunteers rescued over 40 live, injured birds, including 35 by the Kellogg School of Management Global Hub, said Allison Sloan, a volunteer with Bird-Friendly Evanston. — Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026 Salsa was rescued once as a pup during an Unprecedented Mortality Event, released in 2015, re-stranded due to a fishing entanglement and deemed non-releasable by the federal government. — Valerie Greene, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026 Three people were rescued from the water in North Hills on Thursday morning. — Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 They were eventually rescued, and the balloon was tied to a tree. — Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2026 About two weeks ago, a 72-year-old woman was rescued from the Mount Shasta area after setting out on a hike and getting stranded for several days. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026 The orangutan was rescued and now lives in a rehabilitation center. — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rescued
  1. saved
  2. reclaimed
  3. recovered
  4. restored
Adjective
  • But the tale of the shitty guy who uses his ‘saved’ status to avoid scrutiny of his current choices?
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026
  • 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
Definition of saved
Adjective
  • In April, the country's largest company, Vingroup, broke ground for the new coastal town on reclaimed land the size of 1,800 soccer fields.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Other designs rely heavily on air cooling, and some operators use reclaimed wastewater instead of drinking water.
    — Zev Laine, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of reclaimed
Adjective
  • Federal prosecutors said in the complaint that the recovered device linked to Alfozan was a small microcontroller with a detachable camera sensor and digital microphone, a model easily available for purchase and listed for $24 on Amazon.
    — Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The recovered objects include a Baroque wooden angel from the Church of Vera Cruz, a copy of Ecce Homo by Spanish Renaissance painter Luis de Morales, and a panel depicting the Seventh Station of the Cross.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of recovered
Adjective
  • The Grand 1894 Opera House, one of the most beautiful historic theaters in Texas, offers concerts, touring shows, and performances year-round in an intimate, restored setting.
    — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2025
  • In her most personal work yet, Nguyen shows how togetherness and storytelling can transform grief into healing, hope and restored kinship.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 14 Aug. 2025
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