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as in translation
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 myth
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 folklore
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 legend
Set during the Great Depression, this electrifying musical follows two dreamers whose desire for more leads them into legend and danger.
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Staff Report, Oc Register, 7 May 2026
Jake Reiner returned to the Dodgers podcast he co-hosts on Wednesday for the first time since his parents, Hollywood legend Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner, were killed in their Los Angeles-area home.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 7 May 2026
The image of Lionel Messi seen around the world Sunday was of the Argentine legend enjoying a tour of the F1 Miami Grand Prix with his family, visiting the paddock, meeting with Argentine driver Franco Colapinto and winner Kimi Antonelli, and sitting in the driver’s seat of a shiny race car.
—Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
Carolina Panthers legends, Mike Tolbert and Jonathan Stewart, are eager to see the 2024 second-round pick return to the field in earnest this summer.
—Mike Kaye
may 6, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2026
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Staff Report, Oc Register, 7 May 2026
Jake Reiner returned to the Dodgers podcast he co-hosts on Wednesday for the first time since his parents, Hollywood legend Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner, were killed in their Los Angeles-area home.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 7 May 2026
The image of Lionel Messi seen around the world Sunday was of the Argentine legend enjoying a tour of the F1 Miami Grand Prix with his family, visiting the paddock, meeting with Argentine driver Franco Colapinto and winner Kimi Antonelli, and sitting in the driver’s seat of a shiny race car.
—Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
Carolina Panthers legends, Mike Tolbert and Jonathan Stewart, are eager to see the 2024 second-round pick return to the field in earnest this summer.
—Mike Kaye
may 6, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for legend
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Indian guests won the engagement but Western media captions largely lost them.—
Ritu Upadhyay,
Footwear News,
5 May 2026
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Smart acknowledged the shocking transformation in her caption.—
David Oliver,
USA Today,
4 May 2026
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With ‘Hold On To Your Angels,’ Benh has set his powerful mix of intense realism, myth, and magic against the large scale of an epic love story.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
7 May 2026
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With ‘Hold on to Your Angels,’ Benh has set his powerful mix of intense realism, myth, and magic against the large scale of an epic love story.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
7 May 2026
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It was named for Lilith, a demonic figure of Jewish folklore who is said to have been Adam’s first wife (before Eve).—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 May 2026
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The city is famously home to the iconic Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox statues, a must-see photo stop that celebrates Minnesota folklore.—
Katy Spratte Joyce,
Midwest Living,
7 May 2026
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The key is a hot grill (gas, charcoal, or even an indoor grill pan), a little confidence, and a few reliable techniques.—
Phoebe Fry,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
13 May 2026
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This adjustable sling bag has plenty of space for your phone, cash, keys, and other daily essentials, and is constructed with locking zippers to ward off potential thieves.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
13 May 2026
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The barnyard fable is as old as the barnyard, as old as Aesop, older than the Bible.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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That Niall finds Ruben so alluring is natural to Gadd, who believes the notion of a valiant male figure has been bred into everyone via fables and fairy tales.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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Speaking to Vogue in New York last week, Sharpe was quick to complicate the mythology surrounding Mozart, focusing instead on the psychological cost of genius.—
Lisa Wong Macabasco,
Vogue,
11 May 2026
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The great arc of stars in the constellation Corona Borealis represents the crown of Ariadne in Greek mythology, who, in some tellings, marries the god Dionysus following the defeat of the bull-like minotaur in the labyrinth below the Aegean island of Crete by the demigod Theseus.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
9 May 2026
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A lot of my kitchen-table conversations in Sacramento sound the same right now.—
Amy Kunst,
Sacbee.com,
7 May 2026
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For other meals, choose from Akdeniz and Tuğra Restaurant—both of which serve Turkish dishes within a fine dining setting; the former done up by Toner and Gülgün as part of the wider renovations, the latter with tables on the magnificent first-floor palace terrace.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 May 2026
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My expertise, for example, is in the African American sonnet tradition.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
12 May 2026
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This bill is overbroad, administratively unreliable, and inconsistent with Connecticut’s civil-liberties traditions.—
James R Mason,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
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“Legend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legend. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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