as in utopia
an often imaginary place or state of utter perfection and happiness
a dreamer who spent much of his life roaming the world in search of his personal Shangri-la
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Noun
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History shows us that promises of utopia are dangerous.—
Amir Husain,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025 -
The anticipation of a world grown stale, the rot of what America had left behind ever ready to encroach, was of a piece with the puritan hunger for utopia.—
Andrew Moore,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
Noun
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Visitors can step into a foodie paradise featuring high-quality ingredients from honeys and oils to spice & sauce seasoning and BBQ rubs, delectable street food from Peru, Korea, India, Turkey, Scandinavia and more.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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The Galápagos Islands of Ecuador need no introduction: The famous laboratory for Charles Darwin and his research on evolution are a naturalist’s paradise, brimming with endemic species.—
Jennifer Flowers,
AFAR Media,
15 May 2025
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Thanks to her good karma, Maya had been reborn in the heavens as a god, but in Buddhism gods are not as spiritually advanced as Buddhas.—
Megan Bryson,
The Conversation,
6 May 2025
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This lyrical drama, choreographed by Dell Howlett, floats at times like a movement-theater piece reaching for the heavens.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Shangri-la.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Shangri-la. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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