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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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The warrant stated that one of the children has been diagnosed with PTSD and anxiety, and has also reported having nightmares about Busfield touching him.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Jan. 2026
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Jay Cutler is probably still having nightmares about it.—
Jon Greenberg,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
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The vast encyclopedic architecture of Gravity’s Rainbow (1973) or Mason & Dixon (1997) gives way here to a series of detective fictions each set in a distinct historical moment, each featuring a reluctant investigator sifting through the wreckage of cultural paranoia.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Dec. 2025
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The fictions that result, many so small and meaningless, can be accepted without much trouble.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
26 Nov. 2025
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