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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cloud-cuckoo-lands
Noun
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The fleeting economic miracle in Venezuela, once the preferred destination for those departing La Palma, excited the imaginations of those who had seen or lived in the concrete modernist utopias of the tropics.—
Javier Montes,
Artforum,
1 Jan. 2026 -
And while the utopias themselves flamed out, their ideas have influenced the generations after them, turning the town into a haven for art, architecture and culture.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
30 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Someone breaking in the middle of the night … tying you up, these … are things that are nightmares.—
Lauren Clark,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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For once, the Fort Worth Zoo was not the cause of traffic nightmares on South University Boulevard.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The fictions of both films are factually contextualized from the start.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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Corporations are legal fictions — a game of pretend in which fictional entities are created, registering with the state.—
Kelly G. Richardson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
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