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
Snowshoe through Ontario’s winter wonderland Snowshoeing at night is magical.
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Lola Augustine Brown, AFAR Media, 21 Aug. 2025
Visit from November to January to see the famed North Carolina Chinese Lantern Festival, where the grounds of the venue are transformed into a glowing wonderland of larger-than-life silk sculpture lanterns.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2025
The Bozarths held an annual open house that allowed thousands of people over the years to enjoy this holiday wonderland.
—Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
For more than thirty years now, Yuskavage has been devoted to using the tools of art to produce an imagined wonderland of bodies.
—Hilton Als, New Yorker, 29 July 2025
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Lola Augustine Brown, AFAR Media, 21 Aug. 2025
Visit from November to January to see the famed North Carolina Chinese Lantern Festival, where the grounds of the venue are transformed into a glowing wonderland of larger-than-life silk sculpture lanterns.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2025
The Bozarths held an annual open house that allowed thousands of people over the years to enjoy this holiday wonderland.
—Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
For more than thirty years now, Yuskavage has been devoted to using the tools of art to produce an imagined wonderland of bodies.
—Hilton Als, New Yorker, 29 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wonderland
Noun
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Our moments of uncanny convergence—like bumping into an old flame at the exact right (or wrong) time—function like indulgences did in the days of Martin Luther, tempting us in the promise of paradise.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
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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.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This is the urban utopia that Democrats were celebrating.—
Christopher Tremoglie,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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The Ritters’ quiet isolation is disrupted by the couple, who arrive with Wittmer’s young son, chasing the promise of an island utopia to ease their deep disillusionment with everyday reality.—
Itzel Luna,
Boston Herald,
22 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Volunteers even began contributing mini whimsical items to the fairyland.—
Cathy Free,
Washington Post,
28 Mar. 2024
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The name Hemlock Neversink might conjure a wooded fairyland, and that idea isn’t too far from the truth.—
Devorah Lev-Tov Zoey Poll Caitie Kelly Devorah Lev-Tov Elinor Hitt Jinnie Lee,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2023
Noun
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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
Noun
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An eerie dreamworld filled with a manner of bizarre creatures?—
Logan Karlie
September 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Sep. 2025
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However, one creature remains entranced by the fading illusions of the dreamworld.—
Sara Merican,
Deadline,
27 May 2025
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“Wonderland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wonderland. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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