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sages

noun

plural of sage

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 Planted in swaths on the hillside is a mix of lavenders, plus sages and other California natives. — Christine Lennon, Architectural Digest, 17 Feb. 2026 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 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 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 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

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scholars

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In recent years, thanks to the work of scholars, artists, and local activists, public awareness of the violence of 1898 has increased.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 3 July 2026
For a quarter century, Jane Calvert has been on a mission shared by few scholars of the Revolutionary War era.

— Hillel Italie, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026

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