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New Jerusalem

noun

-jə-ˈrü-s(ə-)ləm

Definition of New Jerusalem

as in sky

a dwelling place of perfect happiness for the soul after death prayed that the those recently departed will spend eternal life in New Jerusalem

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an often imaginary place or state of utter perfection and happiness an idealistic senator who thought that he could singlehandedly turn Washington into the New Jerusalem

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And that, Casey said, is what separates Judge, a man obsessed with being great, a star who is always looking for an edge, a metric, a way to use every minute of every day to reach for the most distant constellation in the baseball sky.

— Jayson Stark, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
The dodecahedron, on the other hand, was associated with the aether and the starry sky.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2026

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Where the Tea Party was demanding a right-wing agenda for the nation, the DSA wants to dismantle America and rebuild it as a workers' utopia.

— Nolan Finley The Detroit News, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026
Jäger compares the sounds of techno to the noise of Detroit’s industrial machinery—the music that drove the ersatz utopias of the late twentieth century is, in other words, merely a synthetic echo of a far more vital past.

— Robert Rubsam, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of utopia

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And between now and then, thinking back to the bliss of your stay, with all of its special touches, exemplary food, and nearly clairvoyant service.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026
Lauren Cohan reacts to the big smooch, and if this means romantic bliss for Maggie moving forward.

— Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Aug. 2026

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The Anderson Ranch Arts Center, a five-acre complex of studios and artist housing in Snowmass, Colorado, that offers workshops and residencies, is often called a maker’s paradise.

— Sarah Douglas, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
South of Valencia along the Costa Blanca is Alicante, a walkable port city and an outdoor lover’s paradise with parks, gardens, and historic plazas unfold beneath the watchful eye of a 9th-century castle.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of paradise

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This world’s heavens are lit with cosmic rays, its cityscapes otherworldly — everything seems to service an unabashed romanticism.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
And thanks to Tucson’s extraordinarily dark heavens, the Sonoran skyscape takes center stage with Peace Among the Stars.

— Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2026

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In 1851, the signing of the Treaty at Forks of Cosumnes River promised land along the Cosumnes River where local tribes could live.

— Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 20 June 2026
In fact, at one time any man who signed up for the Continental Army was promised land that rightfully belonged to Native Americans.

— Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 6 Dec. 2025

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