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or paradisiac
as in utopian
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Recent Examples of paradisiacal
Pope Francis repeatedly pressed forward his sacred quest to annihilate atomic weapons, and to restore the paradisiacal era imagined in Genesis, before humans invented arms.
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Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Her argument is often contradictory and impulsive, working backward from a paradisiacal climax, leapfrogging over almost every practical concern—and plenty of ethical ones too.
—Audrey Wollen, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
They are scheduled to go on a bike ride to a tortoise sanctuary, ending the trip with a paradisiacal beach picnic.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 17 Mar. 2025
For Coppola's own children, Blancaneaux Lodge was a paradisiacal coming-of-age setting.
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Nov. 2024
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Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Her argument is often contradictory and impulsive, working backward from a paradisiacal climax, leapfrogging over almost every practical concern—and plenty of ethical ones too.
—Audrey Wollen, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
They are scheduled to go on a bike ride to a tortoise sanctuary, ending the trip with a paradisiacal beach picnic.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 17 Mar. 2025
For Coppola's own children, Blancaneaux Lodge was a paradisiacal coming-of-age setting.
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paradisiacal
Adjective
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Corporate power has shredded the netting of the World Wide Web, a phrase that now sounds risibly utopian.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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Godwin’s utopian story didn’t seem to match the evidence.—
Roy Scranton,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Adolescents tend to operate in a blissful state of oblivion around the aesthetic curation of a home, but Adam Sternberg wasn’t like most children.—
Jennifer Fernandez,
Architectural Digest,
24 Sep. 2025
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Colorful Mérida has no beaches of its own, but with the blissful town of Celestún just an hour and a half away, most travelers won't mind.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Sep. 2025
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When Simone decides to grasp Kiki’s life for herself by starting an affair with Peter, though, Michaela’s beatific facade slips.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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A bit of a drive further on Santa Monica offers the beatific resting place of many stars, Hollywood Forever Cemetery.—
Samantha Dunn,
Oc Register,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Paradisiacal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paradisiacal. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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