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
When bruises are noticed on their daughter’s body at school, their five children are taken away from them and a legal saga ensues.
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Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
24 June 2026
The phenomenon is raising uncomfortable questions in a creative community where the use of the tech can be a third-rail topic, as illustrated by the recent saga of animator Jorge Gutierrez dropping out of a generative AI series he was set to create for Amazon following backlash.
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Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
24 June 2026
The continuation of the Corleone Family saga expands until Michael (Al Pacino) commits the ultimate brotherly sin, but the story’s jump back in time — in which Robert De Niro plays a younger version of Marlon Brando’s Vito — features many of the most iconic sequences in 1970s cinema.
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Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 June 2026
Ahead, learn more about Queen Camilla’s choice to use a different title than Princess Diana and the saga behind her current title.
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Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
24 June 2026
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Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
24 June 2026
The phenomenon is raising uncomfortable questions in a creative community where the use of the tech can be a third-rail topic, as illustrated by the recent saga of animator Jorge Gutierrez dropping out of a generative AI series he was set to create for Amazon following backlash.
—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
24 June 2026
The continuation of the Corleone Family saga expands until Michael (Al Pacino) commits the ultimate brotherly sin, but the story’s jump back in time — in which Robert De Niro plays a younger version of Marlon Brando’s Vito — features many of the most iconic sequences in 1970s cinema.
—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 June 2026
Ahead, learn more about Queen Camilla’s choice to use a different title than Princess Diana and the saga behind her current title.
—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
24 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for saga
Recent Examples of Synonyms for saga
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The spectacularly antic tale of originals and doubles, locals and outsiders, visually and philosophically lampoons the very concept of identity.
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Director David Anspaugh, whose resume includes small-town basketball tale Hoosiers and against-all-odds college football biopic Rudy, sticks rigidly to his sporting underdog formula, only skimming the surface of the David-versus-Goliath encounter.
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The Sacramento Bee published several notable stories Friday covering local government, public health and state worker policy.
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Hemingway, who championed self-mastery, gave the old fisherman in his novella exactly one consolation out there alone in the Gulf Stream, the thought of the great DiMaggio, who did everything perfectly even with the bone spur in his heel.
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Based on a novella by Neil Paik, who is adapting, the film’s logline is being kept under wraps.
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“Saga.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saga. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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