SPARED Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

spared

verb

past tense of spare

as in preserved

to use or give out in stingy amounts I'll have a banana split—and don't spare the whipped cream

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as in saved

to avoid unnecessary waste or expense she had grown up during the Great Depression, so she was no stranger to sparing

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Recent Examples of spared Eddy has been spared the worst violence; the novel casts his racial privilege as a kind of metaphysical exemption. — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026 The terminal has absorbed dozens of strikes since the war began, with its oil infrastructure deliberately spared. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026 Only the most senior employees were spared, according to a source. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2026 The Rasuwa district flood zone in Nepal has been mostly spared from widespread storms in the past 24 hours, but one location picked up about 1 inch of rain. — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026 Her family is hoping her leg will be spared after a major reconstructive surgery this week. — Susan Bromley, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2026 Coastal areas typically are spared the worst of heat waves, thanks to the cool marine layer and ocean. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026 The measure, which requires the officials to be judged by Parliament, has drawn sharp criticism from foreign embassies, and means Hédouville could be spared a trial in Haiti. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026 Development in the 1960s swallowed up much of what the lake project spared. — ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026

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This design is directly inspired by a historic Leroy tact watch created in 1810, today preserved at the Patek Philippe Museum.

— Carol Besler, Robb Report, 2 Sep. 2026
Information that cannot be efficiently retrieved eventually becomes difficult to use, regardless of how carefully it was preserved.

— Beth Worthy, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026

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Instead of traditional quality metrics, the focus shifts to better decisions, time saved, risks avoided and revenue created.

— Kevin Campbell, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Amazon estimates advertisers saved more than $8 billion from 2021 through 2025 because its auction system considers ad relevance instead of simply selecting the highest bidder.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

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In Freeport, Allen has built the Bahamas Maritime Museum, where relics are cataloged, conserved, and displayed, creating local jobs and drawing tourists.

— Brett Berk, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2026
Hibernation on demand Hibernation is a specialty of squirrels, hamsters, and bears, but the neural circuit that triggers it is conserved across mammals, and is present in species that never hibernate in the wild—like mice.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 22 Aug. 2026

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