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
All of it comes after a regular season marred by a tanking epidemic so widespread that Silver implemented new rules going into next season, an ongoing gambling saga and a controversy surrounding the LA Clippers and Kawhi Leonard.
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Nick Friedell, New York Times, 17 June 2026
But the film, which opens in October, hails from the same studio, which brought back several behind-the-scenes creatives to tell another chapter in the dark saga of the social media platform.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 17 June 2026
With hundreds of his referrals still awaiting processing, Rashada could ultimately collect hundreds of thousands of dollars more by the time the settlement saga has played out.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 17 June 2026
Much has been made about the Brendan Sorsby gambling saga as well as Texas Tech's handling of the situation, and for good reason.
—Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026
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Nick Friedell, New York Times, 17 June 2026
But the film, which opens in October, hails from the same studio, which brought back several behind-the-scenes creatives to tell another chapter in the dark saga of the social media platform.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 17 June 2026
With hundreds of his referrals still awaiting processing, Rashada could ultimately collect hundreds of thousands of dollars more by the time the settlement saga has played out.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 17 June 2026
Much has been made about the Brendan Sorsby gambling saga as well as Texas Tech's handling of the situation, and for good reason.
—Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saga
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One tree may have even witnessed the grisly moment told of in tall tales, which gave Hangman's Gulch its name, but sadly, the tree recently died and had to be cut down for the safety of trail users.—
Olivia Young,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
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China has two films in the main competition, the 2025 $215m box office hit Nobody by Shui Yu, and Tana, a contemporary tale about a young woman who leaves Shanghai to support her ailing father in Inner Mongolia.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
19 June 2026
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Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
20 June 2026
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This is a developing story and will be updated.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
20 June 2026
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The acclaimed Project Hail Mary is Amazon’s sci-fi spectacular, The Sheep Detectives is a mystery-comedy for kids and American author Don Winslow’s novella Crime 101 is its detective drama with Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo and Halle Berry in the lead roles.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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The Norwegian writer Vigdis Hjorth creates a whole world in very few pages in this novella-length work in which even the pacing of the narrative itself does so much of the storytelling.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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“Saga.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saga. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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