paradisiacal

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Recent Examples of paradisiacal By Jesse Ashlock October 10, 2024 In the seven years since its opening, the beachfront resort Baha Mar has become one of the Bahamas’ premier luxury escapes, offering travelers a paradisiacal getaway just a three-hour flight from New York City. Jesse Ashlock, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2024 The property, situated on a paradisiacal private cove on the far southeast corner of Upolu island, is within 30 minutes of major attractions and an hour and 15 minutes from the capital city of Apia. Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2024 Sheep, cows and chickens graze freely on crops and vegetation in a paradisiacal mess. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 30 July 2024 Fiji Water’s appeal comes, in part, from the perception that its source is a paradisiacal land of pure waters, yet the very vehicle of that bottled dream is a global pollutant, says Rufino Varea, a Fijian environmental toxicologist and a member of Fiji’s delegation to the treaty negotiations. By Aryn Baker/lautoka, Fiji , TIME, 3 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for paradisiacal 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paradisiacal
Adjective
  • Sly and the Family Stone were a multi-ethnic, multi-gender, multi-genre group when such concepts still seemed impossibly utopian on both the charts and the streets, led by a songwriter who deserved to be mentioned in the same breath as Mozart, Miles and McCartney.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Some fans feel Section 31 is antithetical to the utopian legacy the original series was trying to build.
    Lauren Coates, Variety, 23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • But that blissful image has been ruptured in recent days as parts of Los Angeles were engulfed in flames, reducing homes and businesses across the sprawling metropolis to smoldering heaps of ash and rubble, most calamitously in the Pacific Palisades and the community of Altadena.
    Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Guests can enjoy cuddling by the fire, reading great books together, settling in for blissful relaxation, or enjoying many of the amenities at these three coastal resorts.
    Robin Raven, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Some — such as Thomas Hauser — have felt that Ali’s circle tried too hard to soften the boxer’s once-firebrand image and transform him into a beatific, near-saintly epitome.
    Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Zurbarán’s touching canvas of a beatific sheep with curly white hair; his poetic and exquisitely crafted still lifes, featuring crystalline vessels and pieces of fruit; and his great religious paintings—with works such as these only two hours from Paris, Lyon is the place to be.
    airmail.news, airmail.news, 30 Nov. 2024

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“Paradisiacal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paradisiacal. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.

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