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salve

[sav, sahv] / sæv, sɑv /




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Cheaper money is always a salve for the economy.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 23, 2025

The heroism by a Muslim immigrant has been a salve to intercommunal wounds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

Brazil is also a major source of beef exports to the U.S., a salve at a time when meat prices are driving inflation.

From Slate • Jul. 14, 2025

Games were something of a salve, as many players had just spent months welcoming folks to our virtual islands in “Animal Crossing: New Horizons.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2025

She used the salve as a paste to compress the wadded seaweed against the wound.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry




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