- present participle of save.
saving
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Ms. Kusama has credited art with saving her life, and the work she leaves behind shows how she turned her own personal darkness into a joyful public light.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
In warehousing specifically, those humanoids will cost about $10 to $12 per hour to operate — a big saving over the $30 per hour for human labor.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Mediation can prevent family breakdown, a leading cause of youth homelessness, saving more than £27,000 per person in specialist accommodation costs.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
In July, Blume presented saving plans to Volkswagen's supervisory board but no decision was taken.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
Jack managed to hold on to the Mirror as he fell, narrowly saving it from further damage by hitting the cracked and broken ground.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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"They don't go digital to pass on savings to the consumer," Clemens Istel, a spokesman calling for the boycott, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Higher interest rates are good for people who are living on savings.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
WSJ | Buy Side: The best high-yield savings accounts offer interest rates higher than the national average and other benefits like low fees and balance requirements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival on Thursday, Brittin said: "On the financial side, I knew that cuts had been announced and that savings had been announced, but I hadn't really understood the severity."
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
All they’d had was in savings from a life of hard work.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
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