never-never land

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Recent Examples of never-never land Yet the extravagance that helped define E3’s never-never land feeling remained at full-tilt. Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 12 Dec. 2023 Over the course of his career, Buffett earned their love by transforming himself into a kind of musical shaman who offered transport from the banalities of everyday life to the bounty of a never-never land of eternal sun, endless sandy beaches and bottomless boat drinks: Margaritaville. Drew M. Dalton, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2023 Pavelski was curling in from the left wing, outpaced his check, only to get clobbered to never-never land by Dumba. Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Apr. 2023 For a disease that has languished in a kind of political never-never land for at least one human generation, leaving millions profoundly disabled, that is significant progress. Hillary Johnson, Discover Magazine, 20 July 2013 Last month, this prompted Fred Hiatt, the Washington Post's editorial page editor, to write that, On climate change, the GOP is lost in never-never land. Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 12 May 2011 Every chapter straddles the psychological never-never land between myth and science. Robert M. Thorson, WSJ, 4 Mar. 2022 Ownership of both is a must for the haves and a never-never land for the have-nots. Scott Burns, Dallas News, 9 Oct. 2020 Of course, this abject failure is nothing new in the never-never land of presidential debates. Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for never-never land
Noun
  • Think of it as a utopia for the stylishly obsessed.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
  • In late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century science fiction, or proto-science fiction as some scholars call it, the insect featured in narratives of utopia, society, and disgust.
    Salama Udaipurwala, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Continue to the exclusive South Water Caye, a 12-acre paradise perched on the barrier reef.
    Patricia Johnson, Travel + Leisure, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Londoño, 63, has turned her home into a birdwatching lodge, a paradise.
    Benji Jones, Vox, 4 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • While the heavens above can often reflect this same vision, with the stars and planets moving onward into new territory, the sky also has wisdom for us, too.
    Kyle Thomas, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
  • In one motion, Hunter leaped about five feet, extending one arm to the heavens.
    Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 29 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • They had been promised land and glory in a rapid campaign.
    Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 16 Sep. 2022

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“Never-never land.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/never-never%20land. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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