as in scholars
a person of deep wisdom or learning
the young prince made a pilgrimage to the sage, hoping to learn the meaning of life
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Recent Examples of sages
Smee and his group have planted 40 or 50 white sages to help rebuild the local population.
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Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
The aromatic foliage of sages (including herb species) deters aphids and Japanese beetles, while the blossoms support a host of beneficial insects.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026
Planted in swaths on the hillside is a mix of lavenders, plus sages and other California natives.
—Christine Lennon, Architectural Digest, 17 Feb. 2026
Long before neuroscience confirmed it, the sages understood that sustained outrage narrows perception, impairs judgment, and corrodes community.
—Rabbi Bruce D. Forman, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2026
Around that are various sages, including a Cleveland sage, along with California sagebrush and California buckwheat.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2025
The various sages from each of Hyrule’s different races (Gerudo, Goron, Rito, and Zora) all have affecting backstories and differ substantially from their descendants, whom players know intimately from Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2025
The sages imagined the world itself as a structure left open to the north, a reminder that there are always cracks through which danger, chaos, and suffering can enter.
—Barry Gelman, Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2025
Those nostalgic notes evoke the minty hues of the 1950s and the earthy sages that were popular in the 1970s.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
The aromatic foliage of sages (including herb species) deters aphids and Japanese beetles, while the blossoms support a host of beneficial insects.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026
Planted in swaths on the hillside is a mix of lavenders, plus sages and other California natives.
—Christine Lennon, Architectural Digest, 17 Feb. 2026
Long before neuroscience confirmed it, the sages understood that sustained outrage narrows perception, impairs judgment, and corrodes community.
—Rabbi Bruce D. Forman, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2026
Around that are various sages, including a Cleveland sage, along with California sagebrush and California buckwheat.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2025
The various sages from each of Hyrule’s different races (Gerudo, Goron, Rito, and Zora) all have affecting backstories and differ substantially from their descendants, whom players know intimately from Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2025
The sages imagined the world itself as a structure left open to the north, a reminder that there are always cracks through which danger, chaos, and suffering can enter.
—Barry Gelman, Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2025
Those nostalgic notes evoke the minty hues of the 1950s and the earthy sages that were popular in the 1970s.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sages
scholars
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Akçam is widely recognized as one of the first Turkish scholars to write extensively on the Ottoman-Turkish Genocide of the Armenians in the early 20th century.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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As Richard Reeves and other scholars of modern masculinity have made clear, men are not doing well.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Sages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sages. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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