wonderland
noun
won·der·land
ˈwən-dər-ˌland 
-lənd
1
: an imaginary place of delicate beauty or magical charm
2
: a place that excites admiration or wonder
a scenic wonderland
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The garden was a floral wonderland.
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When Halle Bailey moved from Georgia to Los Angeles as a wide-eyed preteen nearly 15 years ago, the city felt like a wonderland of possibility.
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Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
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The project imagines a Joseon princess whose songs conjure spontaneous wonderlands, before a moonlit portal transports her to a mysterious palace of history’s greatest artists.
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The winter wonderland turns nightmarish after a car explosion, which Beabadoobee walks through unbothered.
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Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
The crew will rely on lessons learned from training in the geologic wonderlands and lunar-like environments of places such as Iceland to note details about the shapes, textures and colors of impact craters and ancient lava flows on the moon.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026
The project imagines a Joseon princess whose songs conjure spontaneous wonderlands, before a moonlit portal transports her to a mysterious palace of history’s greatest artists.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 Mar. 2026
The winter wonderland turns nightmarish after a car explosion, which Beabadoobee walks through unbothered.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2026
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wonderland
noun
won·der·land
ˈwən-dər-ˌland
-lənd
: a place filled with wonders or surprises
a scenic wonderland
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