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as in utopias
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 blisses
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 ecstasies
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 paradises
Second only to Alaska in its length of total coastline (with, hands down, way better weather), the Sunshine State boasts everything from family-centric, sugar-white-sand paradises to island escapes where happy hour is, well, every hour.
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Marisa Spyker,
Southern Living,
19 June 2026
Many high-end retirement communities create small-scale paradises with activities all day for hobbyists, lifelong learners, and social butterflies.
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Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
Here, four bibliophile paradises that invite travelers to get lost in the chapters and sit in the joy of a life well read.
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Lara Kramer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 Mar. 2026
From Miami Beach to Melbourne Beach, from Marco Island to Captiva, barrier islands are Florida’s postcard paradises.
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Denise Hruby,
Miami Herald,
15 Dec. 2025
Freyne does a lot with a modest budget, finding smart ways to show us fantastical things — memories playing out as if dioramas at the Natural History Museum, a vast expo hall filled with stalls advertising various paradises — on an economical scale.
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Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Sep. 2025
Marisa Spyker,
Southern Living,
19 June 2026
Many high-end retirement communities create small-scale paradises with activities all day for hobbyists, lifelong learners, and social butterflies.
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Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
Here, four bibliophile paradises that invite travelers to get lost in the chapters and sit in the joy of a life well read.
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Lara Kramer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 Mar. 2026
From Miami Beach to Melbourne Beach, from Marco Island to Captiva, barrier islands are Florida’s postcard paradises.
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Denise Hruby,
Miami Herald,
15 Dec. 2025
Freyne does a lot with a modest budget, finding smart ways to show us fantastical things — memories playing out as if dioramas at the Natural History Museum, a vast expo hall filled with stalls advertising various paradises — on an economical scale.
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Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paradises
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John Maynard Keynes dreamed of an end to work, and some of the most radical and visionary progressive utopias today involve envisioning an abundant society beyond the need for labor.
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Evolution of Cyberculture Studies The first cyberculture studies were divided into dystopias and utopias and were anchored to science fiction.
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Oh, heavens to Betsy, not the chest hair!
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Yes, the summer festival season is here (thank heavens).
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But by the New York Times bestselling author and pop culture essayist’s own admission, no topic has loomed larger or longer in his mind than the ironies, ecstasies and singularity of American football.
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Here, a quilt flies over the spacious skies of Utah’s Dead Horse Point State Park (an area threatened by drilling permits approved by the US Bureau of Land Management) bearing Wes Gordon’s Georgia, Ashlynn Park’s Arkansas, and Sergio Hudson’s South Carolina, among others.
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As the episode ends, the gray skies are burning off and the sun is peeking out on a world that Rhaenyra will struggle to bear.
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One of the few joys of social media is watching someone experience something that brings them pure joy for the first time.
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What to do in Boston's South End One of the joys of Boston's South End is simply going for perhaps one of the most picturesque walks in the city.
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The colors, pains, pleasures, smells, tastes and sounds, the what-it’s-like of being conscious, are not private inner bits and blobs that philosophers call qualia, floating in a theatre of the mind.
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As Ariane Cruz notes in The Color of Kink, many people find pleasures and healing in kink.
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The rhapsodies about Willow, paired with the silence surrounding the difficult dogs, contribute to a sense of make-believe and avoidance that pervade Biden’s memoir.
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We’re surrounded by sensory delights, and a new book argues that being more attuned to them could be a balm for digital exhaustion.
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The psychologists, economists, and happiness advocates have saddled the rest of us with an impoverished and incomplete picture of gratification and its distinctive delights.
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“Paradises.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paradises. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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