1
: set aside, stored, or preserved for later use
saved money
Most of the time what I write that later might seem to be a "character" is only an on-going assemblage of sentences—lines of made-up or saved dialogue, bits of personally interesting description …Richard Ford
2
religion : delivered from sin and from spiritual death : rescued from eternal punishment
a saved soul

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All data stored within 1Password is fully encrypted, including vault names, website URLs associated with saved passwords, and the passwords themselves, of course. Davey Winder, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024 County stumbled upon the video after seeing it in his saved folder. Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 6 June 2024 That is, Italian industries could be paid to reduce their demand for gas, and the saved gas could be shipped to consumers in Austria or Slovakia, where it is needed more. Ben McWilliams, Foreign Affairs, 8 Aug. 2022 To my knowledge there is no such thing as a sterile tomato plant but those growing from saved seeds may have different characteristics from mother plants. Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Nov. 2024 So often, all that’s left of a loved one is a saved and re-saved voicemail, a short video on a phone, some favorite photos. Brianne Tracy, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2024 To find a saved TikTok video, tap on your profile then tap the ribbon icon underneath your profile's biography. Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 30 July 2024 Clearly, the algorithm has also started to catch on (probably thanks to those heaving folders of saved outfits) and served me a video by fashion creator, April Lockhart, that struck a cord. Angela Law, refinery29.com, 11 Apr. 2024 The project also avoids development in the floodplain and sets a aside the northern part of the site as open space with saved trees, according to city staff. Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 17 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

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The first known use of saved was in the 14th century

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“Saved.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/saved. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.

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