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
Simon Akam goes inside the wild succession saga.
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Simon Akam, Vanity Fair, 2 Apr. 2026
The seemingly endless saga for victims has fueled long and ongoing debates over Section 230.
—Miguel Torres, AZCentral.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Cain stays back on the bus, and Pineda and Schon get into their SUVs and drive off to their hotel — all three of them united for this final chapter of a saga that Schon started 54 years ago, but still worlds apart.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2026
In mid-19th century Iran, painter Nowruz falls for a fearlessly defiant Roma fortune teller, sparking their desperate flight and a tragic saga echoing down generations, the synopsis runs.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 31 Mar. 2026
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Simon Akam, Vanity Fair, 2 Apr. 2026
The seemingly endless saga for victims has fueled long and ongoing debates over Section 230.
—Miguel Torres, AZCentral.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Cain stays back on the bus, and Pineda and Schon get into their SUVs and drive off to their hotel — all three of them united for this final chapter of a saga that Schon started 54 years ago, but still worlds apart.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2026
In mid-19th century Iran, painter Nowruz falls for a fearlessly defiant Roma fortune teller, sparking their desperate flight and a tragic saga echoing down generations, the synopsis runs.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 31 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saga
Noun
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Ammonia damaged the paper preserving ancient chronicles (letopisi) of tales that served the needs of princes and priests at the expense of those beneath them or at their throats.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
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The 20-track LP serves as equal parts music and cinema in which Crockett weaves a tale of McLane as a cattle rustler on the run from the law who — eventually — gets his redemption.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
3 Apr. 2026
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This story was produced with financial support from Trish and Dan Bell and donors in South Florida’s Jewish and Muslim communities, including Khalid and Diana Mirza and the Mohsin and Fauzia Jaffer Foundation, in partnership with Journalism Funding Partners.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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The filmmaker ultimately sees it as a story about unconditional love.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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Adapted from Algernon Blackwood’s supernatural novella, The Man Whom the Trees Loved is a ghostly tale of the inexplicable horrors of nature.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
31 Mar. 2026
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Two Prosecutors is based on a novella by Georgy Demidov, a physicist who spent 18 years in Soviet prison camps and was rehabilitated in the late 1950s, only to then have his work seized by the authorities; most of his writings were only published following his death in 1987.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Saga.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saga. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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