PROMISED LAND Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

promised land

noun

Definition of promised land

as in utopia

an often imaginary place or state of utter perfection and happiness finally realized that the promised land doesn't exist

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Recent Examples of promised land This is the idea that God promised land that is now Israel and the Palestinian territories to Abraham and his descendants. — Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 26 May 2024 Last spring, there were high hopes, not only for the upcoming season, but for an invitation to the Big 12, football promised land. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2024 Hunter was promised land to be granted to individual Indian settlers but was unsuccessful in getting a tribal grant with the right of self-government. — Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 25 Mar. 2024 California has been a beacon, a destination, a paradise and promised land ever since its headlong expansion in a rush of gold fever. — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2024 See All Example Sentences for promised land

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The final and most heartbreaking lesson then is this—that there is utopia, just not for us.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026
Tejedor is a Swiss filmmaker and journalist whose work explores utopias and the relationship between individuals and authority across the former Soviet Union and its satellite states.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of utopia

Noun

The painting is commanded by an umbrella pine, which arches high into the butter-yellow heavens, on the right, leaning over the heart of the composition.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2026
Tasting menu guests can expect six courses of heaven, filled with handcrafted pasta, fresh seafood and elevated entrees that with linger with you.

— Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026

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