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as in sky
a dwelling place of perfect happiness for the soul after death
the mourners were comforted by their belief that the saintly woman was now experiencing the joys of Elysium
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as in utopia
an often imaginary place or state of utter perfection and happiness
the universal pipe dream that there exists somewhere an earthly Elysium where people live trouble-free lives
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Recent Examples of Elysium
What other companies offer 'space burials'? Elysium Space, based in San Francisco, California, also offers memorial spaceflights.
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 27 June 2025
A number of the projects he’s acted in, produced, or directed, like Elysium, Sin Nombre, Cesar Chavez, and Narcos: Mexico, address wealth inequality, the need for labor protections, and the destructive impact of the drug trade.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 11 June 2025
Sphynx cats typically enjoy a lifespan of 13 to 15 years, with some living even longer with proper care, according to Animal Elysium.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
My first thought was that surely these were not people for whom America was a rootless Elysium.
—Andrew Moore, New York Times, 15 May 2025
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 27 June 2025
A number of the projects he’s acted in, produced, or directed, like Elysium, Sin Nombre, Cesar Chavez, and Narcos: Mexico, address wealth inequality, the need for labor protections, and the destructive impact of the drug trade.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 11 June 2025
Sphynx cats typically enjoy a lifespan of 13 to 15 years, with some living even longer with proper care, according to Animal Elysium.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
My first thought was that surely these were not people for whom America was a rootless Elysium.
—Andrew Moore, New York Times, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Elysium
Noun
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But there’s more to the car’s night-sky-blue body than mere technical prowess.—
Stephen Treffinger,
Robb Report,
5 Oct. 2025
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October is a peak season, when skies clear with the end of the Indian monsoon.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
5 Oct. 2025
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For this utopia to be realized, the web would need an overhaul.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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These years seem to represent a kind of utopia for him, when file-sharing allowed music and information to flow around the world, yet before social media (and digital surveillance) became omnipresent.—
Robert Rubsam,
Vulture,
18 Sep. 2025
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In the midst of their newlywed bliss, Benny Blanco and Selena Gomez are letting fans in on the details of their big day.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
28 Sep. 2025
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But the bliss of that new dawn was short-lived, and not just because of the appearance of the guillotine in public squares across the country.—
Paul Kingsnorth,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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Ski Glacier 3000 From Interlaken, the GoldenPass Line takes you to Montreux, a beautiful lakeside town in Vaud, which is a skier’s paradise.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
24 Sep. 2025
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The artist Ernest Crichlow summons the memory of the sculptor Augusta Savage, whose studio, in a Harlem basement—amid furnaces and stacks of coal—was a paradise of enlightenment and a hive of creative effort.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
23 Sep. 2025
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The juxtaposition with the early Italian modern art created an aesthetic heaven.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
29 Sep. 2025
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Just look a little to the left of Altair in the early evening heavens.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Elysium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Elysium. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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