Ah, the million dollar-question. I'm not sure that anyone really knows the answer to your question, but we can make a couple of guesses:
#1- It was not given back to him by Saruman.
#2- He has another one by the time Frodo wakes up in Rivendell (actually that's a fact, not a guess).
My guess- Elrond gave/made him a new one.
I won't go into the specifics of the matter (because I could be totally wrong, & also because I don't know the specifics), but my guess is that Elrond gave Gandalf another staff.
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