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or la dolce vita
as in good life
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Terra-cotta yields to celluloid, celluloid to digital magic, and the Revolution to la dolce vita, on a meltingly hot night in an old red city.
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Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
For a real sense of la dolce vita, Forte Village Resort is a dream stay in Sardinia, Italy, with courts available to book along with lessons from a professional coach.
—Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2025
Indeed, Armani was as much a part of the character of Italy as la bella figura and la dolce vita and the reaction to his death on Thursday shot through the day, causing national television to interrupt its regular broadcast.
—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
How fitting, then, that Gomez’s look was very dolce vita.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 6 Aug. 2025
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Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
For a real sense of la dolce vita, Forte Village Resort is a dream stay in Sardinia, Italy, with courts available to book along with lessons from a professional coach.
—Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2025
Indeed, Armani was as much a part of the character of Italy as la bella figura and la dolce vita and the reaction to his death on Thursday shot through the day, causing national television to interrupt its regular broadcast.
—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
How fitting, then, that Gomez’s look was very dolce vita.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dolce vita
good life
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Nearly 70% of American adults polled recently said that the central promise of the American Dream — that hard work can earn a good life — is no longer true or never was.—
Fred P. Hochberg,
Boston Herald,
21 Jan. 2026
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What if the accused had lived a good life, served in the military, had a terrible accident, and started behaving oddly before the crime, but no one stepped in to help?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Jan. 2026
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