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as in utopia
an often imaginary place or state of utter perfection and happiness
an idealist who trotted the globe looking for paradise
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as in bliss
a dwelling place of perfect happiness for the soul after death
a firm belief that good people will be rewarded in paradise
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as in heaven
a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion
that early stage of a romance when lovers are in paradise
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Recent Examples of paradise
Beyond its shores lies an outdoor lover’s paradise, perfect for reeling in a great catch or paddling down the serene waters of the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge by kayak, with a cold pint from Back Bay’s Farmhouse Brewery as the winning cap to a day well spent.
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AFAR Media, 13 Feb. 2025
Located on the Gulf of Mexico, just off the southern tip of Texas, the island is a tropical paradise.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2025
French designer Coco Chanel attended when Neiman's converted the Dallas store into a Parisian paradise in 1957, the company's first annual Fortnight event.
—Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 21 Feb. 2025
Yankee Candle Pink Sands Scented Candle If blustery winter weather has got you down, light this Pink Sands scented candle that can transport you to a tropical paradise in no time.
—Clara McMahon, People.com, 21 Feb. 2025
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AFAR Media, 13 Feb. 2025
Located on the Gulf of Mexico, just off the southern tip of Texas, the island is a tropical paradise.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2025
French designer Coco Chanel attended when Neiman's converted the Dallas store into a Parisian paradise in 1957, the company's first annual Fortnight event.
—Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 21 Feb. 2025
Yankee Candle Pink Sands Scented Candle If blustery winter weather has got you down, light this Pink Sands scented candle that can transport you to a tropical paradise in no time.
—Clara McMahon, People.com, 21 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paradise
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It is being expected not just to produce a work environment that is fair and sustainable, but one that is a utopia where no one ever feels discomfort or a trigger.—
Marianne Schnall,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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Photo: Courtesy of Bell Works The place’s dual nature — its existence on the border between utopia and dystopia — has always been a part of the aesthetics.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Chair Yoga with Susie, experience bliss and wellbeing.—
Ramona Sentinel,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Mar. 2025
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There, the two women reunite as wedding bliss gives way to murder and betrayal.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
25 Feb. 2025
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Giant old growth conifers rise towards the heavens while thick ferns and mosses blanket the forest floor, all combining to dampen sound.—
Graham Averill,
Outside Online,
4 Mar. 2025
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Typically, missions surveying the heavens have wide fields of view but at only a handful of individual or groups of wavelengths of light.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
28 Feb. 2025
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This Broadway Center Stage mounting is a tightly packed clown car, speeding to musical-theater nirvana.—
Peter Marks,
Washington Post,
15 May 2023
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Several tournament anglers have lived big bass nirvana on Rayburn in recent times, including a trio of single-day tournament catches topping the 40-pound mark on five fish.—
Matt Williams,
Dallas News,
22 Jan. 2022
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Tens of millions more in New Zealand and parts of Africa, Europe, and Russia could take in the sky show too.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
14 Mar. 2025
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The European Space Agency telescope is designed to make a 3D map of the universe by looking at billions of galaxies up to 10 billion light years away across one third of the sky.—
Richard Tribou,
Orlando Sentinel,
13 Mar. 2025
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When searching him and his car, police found a loaded 9 mm handgun on the driver’s side floorboard and 16 grams of ecstasy in his possession, the release said.—
Naperville Sun,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2025
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Where her counterparts used EDM to drown our fears in tequila and beat drops, Gaga addressed them softly, head-on, while also supplying refuge and ecstasy.—
Christopher Rosa,
Glamour,
14 Feb. 2025
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The lifestyle series sees the Duchess of Sussex and celebrity friends like Roy Choi, Mindy Kaling, and Alice Waters sharing personal tips and tricks, with the intention of showcasing the joys of cooking, gardening, entertaining, and friendship.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
5 Mar. 2025
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Constantine isn’t a total tour de force, but that’s also a big part of the joy of the movie and what leaves me unmoved by all the talk of a sequel.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
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For much of her youth, Natalie, 38, of New York, wasn't sure what happiness looked like for her.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
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Stephanie Harrison is the founder of The New Happy, an organization advancing a new philosophy of happiness.—
Stephanie Harrison, Contributor,
CNBC,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Paradise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paradise. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
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