cloud-cuckoo-land

Definition of cloud-cuckoo-landnext

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Noun
  • The radical theologian Thomas Müntzer predicted an apocalyptic social leveling, ultimately producing a kind of egalitarian utopia.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Stella Marie Markert | Germany Canadian Premiere Four teens living in a Berlin group home have created their own anarchic utopia.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • In an intoxicated fever dream, Don Quixote ascends to a mythical cloudland full of dancing dryads.
    Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2022
Noun
  • But after the brutal crash on the first run and a second run that wasn’t much better, the dream looked to be more of a nightmare.
    Gawon Bae, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026
  • But the party could face a nightmare scenario in the nation's most populous state, where polling shows Republicans Steve Hilton and Chad Bianco leading the pack in the June 2 nonpartisan primary.
    Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Anthony Stolarz was expected to get the start but took a puck to the throat during warm-ups and was sent to hospital for precautionary imaging putting Joseph Woll back in action.
    ABC News, ABC News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Often associated with party balloons, helium is indispensable to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners, aerospace and the manufacture of microchips for artificial intelligence.
    Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 18 Mar. 2026
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“Cloud-cuckoo-land.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloud-cuckoo-land. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.

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