the Garden of Eden

noun phrase

in the Bible
: the garden where Adam and Eve first lived

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Some theologians argued that Adam and Eve, as well as all the animals in the Garden of Eden, ate only plants. Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 4 Aug. 2025 At the end of the movie, the family are expelled from the Garden of Eden. Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 7 July 2025 One interpretation is that that’s what the world would have been like if we hadn’t got thrown out of the Garden of Eden. Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 1 June 2025 And some obvious references to the Garden of Eden with a woman named Eve searching for her truth are ham-fisted, but also a hallmark of the genre. Brian Truitt, USA Today, 5 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for the Garden of Eden

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“The Garden of Eden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Garden%20of%20Eden. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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