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Recent Examples of dystopian
In Pip Adam’s extraordinary, humane novel Audition, recently released in the United States, space is both the dystopian place where humanity’s worst impulses flourish and a site of uncharted possibility where humans can become something entirely new.
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Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 21 June 2025
And perhaps because of Cold War fears, Americans understandably found greater comfort on yesterday’s Dodge City Front Street than on tomorrow’s dystopian Main Street.
—Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2025
Leading the charge are Emily Alyn Lind and Joseph Zada, the latter of whom recently scored the lead role in the next chapter of a wildly popular young adult dystopian franchise.
—Allison Degrushe Published, EW.com, 18 June 2025
This is where the dystopian part of the vision becomes hard to dismiss.
—Sheldon Pearce, NPR, 17 June 2025
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Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 21 June 2025
And perhaps because of Cold War fears, Americans understandably found greater comfort on yesterday’s Dodge City Front Street than on tomorrow’s dystopian Main Street.
—Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2025
Leading the charge are Emily Alyn Lind and Joseph Zada, the latter of whom recently scored the lead role in the next chapter of a wildly popular young adult dystopian franchise.
—Allison Degrushe Published, EW.com, 18 June 2025
This is where the dystopian part of the vision becomes hard to dismiss.
—Sheldon Pearce, NPR, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dystopian
earthly
Adjective
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His earthly travails were soul-sapping and then some.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 June 2025
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The Yoruba people believe that the Osun-Osogbo grove, which sprawls across 185 acres of dense forest, is the goddess Osun’s earthly home.—
Ogar Monday,
Christian Science Monitor,
8 May 2025
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“Dystopian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dystopian. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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