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noun

Definition of salvagingnext
as in recovery

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salvaging

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verb

present participle of salvage
as in rescuing
to remove (something) from a place of danger or harm Nothing could be salvaged from the shipwreck.

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  1. recovery
  2. rescuing
  3. recovering
  4. retrieving
Noun
  • Another share price slump ensued followed by another partial recovery later.
    Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • In an election seen as a referendum on the city’s post-pandemic struggles with homelessness and street crime, Lurie pitched himself as a change agent who could lead San Francisco into an era of recovery.
    Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of recovery
Verb
  • Chad Arnold is in charge of a team who has spent much of the last week rescuing people in the mountains of North Carolina in the wake of Hurricane Helene.
    Michelle Boudin, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Officials in Clearwater, further south along Florida’s Gulf Coast, also feared the worst after seeing overnight footage of first responders rescuing elderly locals in knee-deep flood water.
    Melissa Chan, NBC News, 27 Sep. 2024
Definition of rescuing
Verb
  • After plunging during the pandemic, Brazil’s theatrical market has been recovering since 2021, but the pace of the recovery has been hampered this year by 2023’s Hollywood double strike.
    Marcelo Cajueiro, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Though the film eventually finds its way to Saoirse Ronan’s captivating lead performance as a recovering alcoholic, The Outrun begins underwater, observing a lonesome seal in the North Sea.
    Jake Kring-Schreifels, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of recovering
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  • Multiple buffer overflow issues in the Web UI were caused by missing bounds checks when retrieving and handling CGI form parameters.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
  • This ensures optimal performance and efficiency in storing and retrieving MRI information.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2024
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