as in paradise
a place that is filled with things that are beautiful, impressive, or surprising
The garden was a floral wonderland.
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Recent Examples of wonderland
Don’t expect a winter wonderland this weekend as a weak winter system passes through the region.
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Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2026
Metro Phoenix is a wonderland of rabbit holes for intrepid makers.
—Becky Bartkowski, AZCentral.com, 14 Feb. 2026
On a recent snowy day, nearly a foot of the white stuff transformed our backyard into a beautiful winter wonderland.
—Isabel Lopez, Parents, 11 Feb. 2026
People come from all over Europe and beyond to enjoy this winter wonderland.
—Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 11 Feb. 2026
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Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2026
Metro Phoenix is a wonderland of rabbit holes for intrepid makers.
—Becky Bartkowski, AZCentral.com, 14 Feb. 2026
On a recent snowy day, nearly a foot of the white stuff transformed our backyard into a beautiful winter wonderland.
—Isabel Lopez, Parents, 11 Feb. 2026
People come from all over Europe and beyond to enjoy this winter wonderland.
—Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 11 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wonderland
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From hummingbirds along the Gulf Coast to warblers in the treetops, spring migration turns every Southern state into a birdwatcher’s paradise.—
Jessica Safavimehr,
Southern Living,
22 Feb. 2026
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Set on a Greek island paradise where the sun always shines, this is a tale of love, friendship, and identity.—
Rick Mauch,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Feb. 2026
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In his scenario, this is what finally pushes the technology down the path toward either utopia or human extinction, but in the real world, getting the machines to act by themselves is proving surprisingly difficult.—
Sam Kriss,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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Why not take men out of the equation entirely and write about a women-only utopia?—
E. Alex Jung,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026
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The winter rains can turn our Bay Area yards into fairylands with mushrooms popping up all over.—
Joan Morris,
Mercury News,
26 Jan. 2026
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Let it be said, though, that ruling this fairyland—where sweets jump through hoops, perky as peppermint, or swirl around, rich as Spanish chocolate—requires not just a decorous carriage and a cordial disposition but true ballerina grit.—
Guillermo Perez,
Miami Herald,
9 Dec. 2025
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That puts us into the dreamland of an individual GPU running a trillion-parameter model.—
Patrick Moorhead,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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The movies were for stargazing; the theater, for Hellman, was truth, reality, a way to communicate important ideas to receptive audiences who were looking to be jolted awake rather than pampered into dreamland.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 June 2025
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Max lures Holly to meet her within the dreamworld-like part of the Upside Down.—
Julia Moore,
PEOPLE,
27 Nov. 2025
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One unique feature of dreaming is the breadth of memory access available, and the lack of external sensory constraints on the dreamworld (in other words, unlike waking, there is no constant form to the dreamworld, it is constructed endogenously from moment to moment).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Nov. 2025
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“Wonderland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wonderland. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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