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as in captions
an explanation or description accompanying a pictorial illustration
the legend in the science textbook indicated that the accompanying picture had been enlarged by 1000%
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as in myths
a traditional but unfounded story that gives the reason for a current custom, belief, or fact of nature
some ancient civilizations had legends about spirits that inhabited trees and rocks
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as in mythologies
the body of customs, beliefs, stories, and sayings associated with a people, thing, or place
that story of how the world came to be has long been part of Native American legend
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Recent Examples of legends
Like Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed fighting to exhaustion, the two aging legends will look to do the same with a round-of-16 spot on the line.
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David Hickey,
NBC news,
2 July 2026
Now, Cynthia Cooper and Teresa Weatherspoon, two WNBA legends, will serve as general managers and select their rosters among the 22 All-Stars who get the opportunity to represent their teams in Chicago.
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Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
2 July 2026
The area has a rich and compelling history, filled with legends, wars, and homesteaders long before 1939, when the land became part of the National Park Service.
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Scott Bay,
Travel + Leisure,
2 July 2026
And to take home a grand championship, the prize awarded to the winner in any category with the highest cumulative score, is to cement your name amongst the barbecue legends.
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Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
1 July 2026
The Television Academy has announced seven new television legends that will be inducted into its 28th Hall of Fame.
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Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
30 June 2026
This latest recognition for Cyrus, who received a Hollywood Walk of Fame star earlier this year, sees her join music legends like Stevie Nicks with her own collectible doll.
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Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
The Television Academy has selected seven television legends for its 28th Hall of Fame.
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Denise Petski,
Deadline,
30 June 2026
After a halftime break honoring Sparks and Liberty legends, the Sparks seemed rejuvenated for the final 20 minutes.
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Joaquin Ruiz,
Los Angeles Times,
22 June 2026
David Hickey,
NBC news,
2 July 2026
Now, Cynthia Cooper and Teresa Weatherspoon, two WNBA legends, will serve as general managers and select their rosters among the 22 All-Stars who get the opportunity to represent their teams in Chicago.
—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
2 July 2026
The area has a rich and compelling history, filled with legends, wars, and homesteaders long before 1939, when the land became part of the National Park Service.
—
Scott Bay,
Travel + Leisure,
2 July 2026
And to take home a grand championship, the prize awarded to the winner in any category with the highest cumulative score, is to cement your name amongst the barbecue legends.
—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
1 July 2026
The Television Academy has announced seven new television legends that will be inducted into its 28th Hall of Fame.
—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
30 June 2026
This latest recognition for Cyrus, who received a Hollywood Walk of Fame star earlier this year, sees her join music legends like Stevie Nicks with her own collectible doll.
—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
The Television Academy has selected seven television legends for its 28th Hall of Fame.
—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
30 June 2026
After a halftime break honoring Sparks and Liberty legends, the Sparks seemed rejuvenated for the final 20 minutes.
—
Joaquin Ruiz,
Los Angeles Times,
22 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for legends
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Alongside Chase and her family stands film director Guy Ritchie; not as a badge‑on celebrity, but as a creative collaborator who has invested both capital and time in the project, designing the Wild Kitchen feasting tables and quietly weaving the whisky into his storytelling world.
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Stepping out of a restaurant onto the bustling streets of Ho Chi Minh City, as diners sit at street tables, the shooter pulls out a gun and fires on his targets from behind.
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One of the more obvious storytelling choices in Weapon X is the lack of narrative captions.
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Later, read the captions aloud together like a comic strip.
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Nseyo notes there are plenty of unsupported myths around what causes UTIs, so stick to these tips.
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Effective public speaking is crucial for personal branding and career advancement, a skill anyone can develop by replacing common myths with empowering mindsets.
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The work interweaves South and Southeast Asian mythologies and histories with Western cultural touchstones—from canonical artists to sacred texts—often with a deliberate sense of unease.
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America has its own mythologies of masculine desire, and many of them are worse.
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Larger keys and signatures increase load on protocols, bandwidth and latency, and expose constraints in devices designed for a smaller cryptographic footprint.
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The thieves then find vehicle keys the victims may hide in places such as magnetic lockboxes and steal the vehicle or other valuables such as credit cards, Grieshaber said.
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Labels throughout the classroom include both English and Spanish translations.
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These ancient scrolls are too fragile to unfurl, stymieing scholars’ attempts over the past few centuries to complete translations of the texts within.
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Explore the Wild West from the back of a rickety wagon as characters share famed fables about Paul Bunyan, Babe the Blue Ox, Pecos Bill, John Henry and Hekeke.
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My dad’s stories about his grade-school experience felt like dark fables, peppered with slurs hurled at him by classmates.
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The kallikantzaroi are a group of blind, black goblins who live underground during most of the year sawing at the world tree – a motif throughout various folklores that connects the heavens to the Earth.
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“Legends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legends. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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