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- noun Plural form of
salvage .
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Examples
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Dennis creates his pieces from massive cedar logs he salvages from the west coast of British Columbia.
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Opecancanough with "a round ivory double compass Dyall" -- his own pocket compass -- directing the attention of the "salvages" to the movement of the needle, and describing the uses of the instrument.
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At that period the aborigines of this country, the poor untutored "salvages," were sorely oppressed by the discoverers and conquerors of the land, who used the poor creatures like so many beasts of burden, not even sparing their lives on occasions.
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Sunderland squander lead as El Hadji Diouf salvages draw for Blackburn
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The NBA salvages its national TV contract with Walt Disney Co.'s ESPN and ABC and Time Warner Inc.'s Turner Sports, which pay the league a combined $930 million per year.
NBA's Owners Win Big Kevin Clark 2011
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Herms salvages elements from the trash heap of popular culture, combining them with words and phrases to create final entities that are neither pure thought, nor pure object--they are both prop and proposition.
Bill Bush: The Great Picture -- A Photo History Landmark: This Artweek.LA (July 11-17) Bill Bush 2011
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Herms salvages elements from the trash heap of popular culture, combining them with words and phrases to create final entities that are neither pure thought, nor pure object--they are both prop and proposition.
Bill Bush: The Great Picture -- A Photo History Landmark: This Artweek.LA (July 11-17) Bill Bush 2011
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Sunderland squander lead as El Hadji Diouf salvages draw for Blackburn
El-Hadji Diouf to face internal investigation at Blackburn Rovers 2011
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Herms salvages elements from the trash heap of popular culture, combining them with words and phrases to create final entities that are neither pure thought, nor pure object--they are both prop and proposition.
Bill Bush: The Great Picture -- A Photo History Landmark: This Artweek.LA (July 11-17) Bill Bush 2011
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Herms salvages elements from the trash heap of popular culture, combining them with words and phrases to create final entities that are neither pure thought, nor pure object--they are both prop and proposition.
Bill Bush: The Great Picture -- A Photo History Landmark: This Artweek.LA (July 11-17) Bill Bush 2011
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