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Recent Examples of arcadia
Splendor is a bohemian arcadia nestled among desert, removed from the mainstream in an act of defiance that requires little explanation.
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Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 12 July 2024
What started as a public safety initiative has become a radical oddity, a small arcadia governed by militant environmentalism in the heart of avocado country.
—Alexander Sammon, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
Unlike most dreams, Goodhue’s vision of a Spanish arcadia — in keeping with romantic visions of California as depicted in early-20th century fiction, tourism and Sunkist orange crate labels — did not fade away.
—Dirk Sutro, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2023
My approach to journalism, to life, in this dirtbag arcadia, is that of an amateur anthropologist, and not the stuffy old kind who held themselves at a reserve, keeping clean while taking notes.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 24 Jan. 2023
In addition to creating a lively avian arcadia, the exhibition seeks to bring awareness to the various threats birds face and to comment on the fragility of the natural world.
—Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 17 June 2022
When the bulldozer returned a few days later, Ms. Park confronted it again, but this time she was joined by dozens of her neighbors in the south Indian arcadia of Auroville.
—New York Times, 5 Mar. 2022
The spareness feels like richness, an arcadia of silence and stillness that trains our attention on the actors’ every word and gesture.
—Elaine Blair, The New York Review of Books, 17 Dec. 2020
Reading becomes our temporary escape—our own arcadia.
—Tess Taylor, WSJ, 7 May 2021
Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 12 July 2024
What started as a public safety initiative has become a radical oddity, a small arcadia governed by militant environmentalism in the heart of avocado country.
—Alexander Sammon, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
Unlike most dreams, Goodhue’s vision of a Spanish arcadia — in keeping with romantic visions of California as depicted in early-20th century fiction, tourism and Sunkist orange crate labels — did not fade away.
—Dirk Sutro, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2023
My approach to journalism, to life, in this dirtbag arcadia, is that of an amateur anthropologist, and not the stuffy old kind who held themselves at a reserve, keeping clean while taking notes.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 24 Jan. 2023
In addition to creating a lively avian arcadia, the exhibition seeks to bring awareness to the various threats birds face and to comment on the fragility of the natural world.
—Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 17 June 2022
When the bulldozer returned a few days later, Ms. Park confronted it again, but this time she was joined by dozens of her neighbors in the south Indian arcadia of Auroville.
—New York Times, 5 Mar. 2022
The spareness feels like richness, an arcadia of silence and stillness that trains our attention on the actors’ every word and gesture.
—Elaine Blair, The New York Review of Books, 17 Dec. 2020
Reading becomes our temporary escape—our own arcadia.
—Tess Taylor, WSJ, 7 May 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arcadia
Noun
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It is being expected not just to produce a work environment that is fair and sustainable, but one that is a utopia where no one ever feels discomfort or a trigger.—
Marianne Schnall,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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Photo: Courtesy of Bell Works The place’s dual nature — its existence on the border between utopia and dystopia — has always been a part of the aesthetics.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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In other words, the tension between dark metaphor and the sickly sweet fantasyland of Oz has always been there.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
19 Nov. 2024
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As Tomlinson asks Chocolate about their dating decisions at 4:14, the audience seems delighted to leave the heavy topics of mental illness and fatherly failure and follow her on a Gary Gulman–esque digression into fantasyland.—
John Roy,
Vulture,
12 Aug. 2024
Noun
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The assassination records are just the latest in Trump’s efforts, whether they be born of obsession or something else, to shift public focus from the Camelot mystique and the myriad ways Kennedy’s presidency uplifted, inspired, and revolutionized American society.—
Alexis Coe,
Rolling Stone,
20 Mar. 2025
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In 1960, the year he was elected, Camelot debuted on Broadway and became a favorite of the president.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Magical empyrean is mundane Earth.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2022
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They are concealed in the empyrean.—
Frank Wilczek,
WSJ,
14 Oct. 2021
Noun
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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
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They had been promised land and glory in a rapid campaign.—
Liana Fix,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Sep. 2022
Noun
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Caribbean countries have long enticed business leaders and investors seeking their slice of island paradise.—
Jean Francois Harvey,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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That all changes today, with the news that Corona Island, as the tropical paradise is officially known, is officially open to the public.—
Chrissie McClatchie,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This Broadway Center Stage mounting is a tightly packed clown car, speeding to musical-theater nirvana.—
Peter Marks,
Washington Post,
15 May 2023
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Several tournament anglers have lived big bass nirvana on Rayburn in recent times, including a trio of single-day tournament catches topping the 40-pound mark on five fish.—
Matt Williams,
Dallas News,
22 Jan. 2022
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“Arcadia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arcadia. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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