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
Landscapers place hundreds of native buckwheat, sages and other plants on top of the wildlife crossing.
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Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 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
The rabbinic sages counseled patience, seeking a diplomatic accommodation that would avert mass bloodshed.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 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
The rabbinic sages counseled patience, seeking a diplomatic accommodation that would avert mass bloodshed.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sages
scholars
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Dempsey was one of 150 scholars selected from more than 5,800 applicants, representing 83 universities and 40 countries.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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These results in economics ultimately vindicate foundational ideas in sociology—developed by scholars such as William Julius Wilson and Robert Sampson—that the concentration of disadvantage and social isolation worsen the effects of material disadvantage.—
Idrees Kahloon,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Sages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sages. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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