never-never land

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Recent Examples of never-never land Yet the extravagance that helped define E3’s never-never land feeling remained at full-tilt. Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 12 Dec. 2023 Over the course of his career, Buffett earned their love by transforming himself into a kind of musical shaman who offered transport from the banalities of everyday life to the bounty of a never-never land of eternal sun, endless sandy beaches and bottomless boat drinks: Margaritaville. Drew M. Dalton, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2023 Pavelski was curling in from the left wing, outpaced his check, only to get clobbered to never-never land by Dumba. Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Apr. 2023 Every chapter straddles the psychological never-never land between myth and science. Robert M. Thorson, WSJ, 4 Mar. 2022 Ownership of both is a must for the haves and a never-never land for the have-nots. Scott Burns, Dallas News, 9 Oct. 2020 Of course, this abject failure is nothing new in the never-never land of presidential debates. Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2020 But for ten days every June, when the Aspen Ideas Festival is in full swing, a technicolour fever dream descends and the campus becomes a corporate never-never land. The Economist, 11 Oct. 2019 Off to never-never land: Thousands drive, bike, walk and board packed trains to Metallica concert at Chase Center. Taylor Kate Brown, SFChronicle.com, 9 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for never-never land
Noun
  • For this utopia to be realized, the web would need an overhaul.
    Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • These years seem to represent a kind of utopia for him, when file-sharing allowed music and information to flow around the world, yet before social media (and digital surveillance) became omnipresent.
    Robert Rubsam, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Ski Glacier 3000 From Interlaken, the GoldenPass Line takes you to Montreux, a beautiful lakeside town in Vaud, which is a skier’s paradise.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The artist Ernest Crichlow summons the memory of the sculptor Augusta Savage, whose studio, in a Harlem basement—amid furnaces and stacks of coal—was a paradise of enlightenment and a hive of creative effort.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Thank heavens scientific integrity is still alive and well.
    D. Scott Schmid, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
  • One big topic in the news these days is that AI often pretends to be your best friend and will praise you to the high heavens.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The proposals — presented by Preston North End chief executive Peter Ridsdale to a meeting of Championship chief executives last week — received widespread backing, as clubs sensed the door to the Premier League’s promised land creaking open a little wider.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Who’s who in Horizon Over three hours, the movie follows several different characters en route to a settlement called Horizon, lured by a flier that promised land for anyone brave enough to make the journey.
    Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 28 June 2024

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“Never-never land.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/never-never%20land. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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