arcadia

Definition of arcadianext

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Recent Examples of arcadia Although the property already boasted mature trees and patches of existing mosses, lichens, and ferns, the artist’s path to arcadia was hardly straightforward. Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 13 Nov. 2025 Splendor is a bohemian arcadia nestled among desert, removed from the mainstream in an act of defiance that requires little explanation. Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 12 July 2024 What started as a public safety initiative has become a radical oddity, a small arcadia governed by militant environmentalism in the heart of avocado country. Alexander Sammon, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023 Unlike most dreams, Goodhue’s vision of a Spanish arcadia — in keeping with romantic visions of California as depicted in early-20th century fiction, tourism and Sunkist orange crate labels — did not fade away. Dirk Sutro, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2023 My approach to journalism, to life, in this dirtbag arcadia, is that of an amateur anthropologist, and not the stuffy old kind who held themselves at a reserve, keeping clean while taking notes. Matt Thompson, SPIN, 24 Jan. 2023 In addition to creating a lively avian arcadia, the exhibition seeks to bring awareness to the various threats birds face and to comment on the fragility of the natural world. Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 17 June 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arcadia
Noun
  • Abandoned by its parties and leaders, and eventually by its own utopias.
    Marta Balaga, Variety, 14 July 2026
  • And like all little utopias it is imposed upon by a more complicated and painful reality.
    Alex Robert Ross, Pitchfork, 9 July 2026
Noun
  • Only in a fantasyland could the Knicks have made it so far.
    Fred Katz, New York Times, 14 June 2026
  • Where Barbie was forced to reconsider Barbieland’s values after paying a visit to the real world, Adam is forced to uphold the real world’s values after being zapped back to a fantasyland whose greatest warriors have been utterly demoralized by their insufficient physical force.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • Photograph courtesy Netflix At the very top level of the pop-music empyrean, where the K-pop group BTS surely resides, an album release is never just an album release.
    Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Betts is part of the Sox Sensation club with Fred Lynn and Nomar Garciaparra, all wildly popular and productive players who turned out to be supernovas streaking across the Boston baseball empyrean instead of franchise polestars.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2022
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Backyard paradise Full outdoor living spaces built for pets and people together — think dog pools, shaded lounge platforms, agility features, and fenced free-run zones integrated into the overall landscape design.
    Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026
  • Trump accurately captured communism’s main allure—its promise to create a paradise on Earth.
    Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
Noun
  • Dreaming of a harvestable nirvana in a matchbox yard?
    Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 25 Apr. 2026
  • In the film, after switching bodies for a day, Tess and Anna reach a nirvana of empathy and understanding.
    Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 1 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The Cockaigne Resort in upstate New York closed in February, after getting just 35 to 37 inches of snow this past winter, according to its website.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 9 May 2023

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“Arcadia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arcadia. Accessed 17 Jul. 2026.

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