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also idyl
as in spree
a time or instance of carefree fun
her year as a vineyard worker in the south of France was not the idyll that she had expected it to be
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Recent Examples of idyll
That this idyll is bound to expire, sooner or later, goes without saying.
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Jake Coyle,
Boston Herald,
3 Apr. 2026
The warm reception of that volume, the vibrant intellectual and social life of Cambridge, and above all the friendship with Hallam conspired to make Tennyson’s university years something of an idyll.
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Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
But while Provo has become developed, its neighbors, Parrish assured me, remain timeless idylls, their empty interiors encircled by endless beaches fringed with casuarina trees.
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Henry Wismayer,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Jan. 2026
Peppered with archival drawings of The Sea Ranch, quotations from the utopian community’s founding architects, and evocative family photographs, the document eloquently illuminates the Matases’ vision for their seaside idyll.
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Mayer Rus,
Architectural Digest,
15 Dec. 2025
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Jake Coyle,
Boston Herald,
3 Apr. 2026
The warm reception of that volume, the vibrant intellectual and social life of Cambridge, and above all the friendship with Hallam conspired to make Tennyson’s university years something of an idyll.
—
Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
But while Provo has become developed, its neighbors, Parrish assured me, remain timeless idylls, their empty interiors encircled by endless beaches fringed with casuarina trees.
—
Henry Wismayer,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Jan. 2026
Peppered with archival drawings of The Sea Ranch, quotations from the utopian community’s founding architects, and evocative family photographs, the document eloquently illuminates the Matases’ vision for their seaside idyll.
—
Mayer Rus,
Architectural Digest,
15 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for idyll
spree
Noun
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The charges stem from a March 15 crime spree in southeast Portland that prosecutors said targeted four women.
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And Louis, perhaps exhausted from his spree of bouts, but also perhaps looking past Schmeling, hadn’t trained much.
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“Idyll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idyll. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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