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
Giant agaves, lomandra, aeoniums, aloes, blue grasses and sages covered the slope from the house to the pool.
—
Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2026
With encouragement from Kincaid, Lee, 49, began by planting small sages that would grow quickly and help prevent erosion, since water, mulch and rain often ran down the hillside to the sidewalk.
—Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
Find a hot, sunny spot in the garden for evergreen sages like Southern Living's 'Killer Cranberry', which is pictured here.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 1 May 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
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
Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2026
With encouragement from Kincaid, Lee, 49, began by planting small sages that would grow quickly and help prevent erosion, since water, mulch and rain often ran down the hillside to the sidewalk.
—Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
Find a hot, sunny spot in the garden for evergreen sages like Southern Living's 'Killer Cranberry', which is pictured here.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 1 May 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
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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For various unfair and unfounded reasons, many scholars have characterized Bianchi as an always unreliable source.—
Via Chronicle Books,
Literary Hub,
11 Dec. 2025
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Some scholars, such as Akhil Reed Amar of Yale Law School, emphasize the amendment’s egalitarian ideals.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Dec. 2025
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“Sages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sages. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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