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the Garden of Eden

noun phrase

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

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Nonprofit Ma’alot Farms sits tall on a hill in Los Gatos like the Garden of Eden, bearing hundreds of pounds of produce that will be donated to food banks and kitchens to help feed people facing food insecurity. Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 25 Nov. 2025 After persevering through all seven terraces, master and pupil emerge at the top of the mountain, which, in Dante’s sacred geography, is the location of the Garden of Eden, the last cleansing stop before Paradise. Claudia Roth Pierpont, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025 Eve in the Garden of Eden-like, Fox wore the transparent dress from Findikoglu’s spring 2023 collection to the 2025 Oscars after-party, with longtime hairstylist John Novotny styling her own hair in long, loose spirals through the gauzy gown. Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025 In 2241, roughly 80 years after the events of the first game, Arroyo faces a terrible drought and tasks the Chosen One, descendant of the Vault Dweller, with retrieving the Garden of Eden Creation Kit (G.E.C.K.). Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 23 Oct. 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 30 Nov. 2025.

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