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saga

noun

Definition of saga

as in tale

a detailed description of a series of real or fictional events taking place over a long period of time The saga of Beowulf recounts the hero's travels as he hunts the monster Grendel.

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Recent Examples of saga In East of Eden, Pugh delivers yet another knock out performance as Cathy Ames, the distant mother and madam at the center of Steinbeck’s multigenerational family saga and biblical allegory. — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 30 Sep. 2026 Justin Michael Wolfe ’s release on Monday marks the end of a complex legal saga that at one point had him just days away from an execution date for the 2001 murder of Daniel Petrole in Bristow, Virginia. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026 The John Steinbeck saga gets an extended treatment, this time starring Florence Pugh as the dastardly Cathy Ames. — David Morgan, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026 The lycanthropy saga, set in an English village in the 13th century, stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson as a man who undergoes terrifying transformations into a werewolf each full moon. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 26 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for saga

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The play is a gently unfolding, calmly delivered tale of the decades of horrors endured by a real-life person named Eddie Jaku.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
And for Netflix, Bayona helmed Society of the Snow, a drama based on the true-life tale of the Uruguayan 1972 Andes flight disaster.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of tale

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There was a period where airspace was closed in the Gulf after the Iran conflict began, and then questions about whether the region’s growth story would be interrupted.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
In the end, creation stories feels a bit like an internal pep talk for which an audience didn’t necessarily need to be present.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026

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As for the sitting president, he’s named just once, in the opening line of the titular novella.

— Ryan Chapman, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
The company is working on a feature adaptation of Pulitzer Prize finalist Torrey Peters’ novella Stag Dance and a feature romantic comedy from Carly Usdin and Brittani Nichols featuring WNBA players Gabby Williams, Theresa Plaisance, and Syd Colson.

— Peter White, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2026

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