salvager
- a word derived from salvage.
Example Sentences
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Gates’s activities cover a tremendous range, encompassing painting, sculpture, ceramics, video and installation, propelled by his activities as an archivist, collector, preservationist historian and salvager.
From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2022
A metal salvager found 52 Oscars, still plastic-wrapped in their shipping crates, in trash bins behind a Koreatown store.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2022
Mr. Outterbridge came to know assemblage through his handyman father, an avid salvager who filled his family’s backyard with items from the junk trade.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 26, 2020
A salvager named Chuck Dutton hits a payday when a woman comes by his business and signs away the rights to her entire property.
From The Verge ● Sep. 1, 2016
As the whirring of the last salvager receded, Dworn got cautiously to his feet.
From World of the Drone by Abernathy, Robert
