arcadian
Example Sentences
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Plans for techno-Xanadus contrast with Arcadian proposals that hope to return humans closer to nature.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
But repopulating Italy’s small towns can’t simply be an exercise in nostalgia, an attempt to re-create some Arcadian idyll cut off from modern amenities and infrastructure, renowned architect Stefano Boeri said.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2021
All this Arcadian plenty has tempted in the carnivores, who crept in quietly at first, testing the waters.
From The Guardian • Nov. 24, 2020
The area is known for its Arcadian beauty.
From New York Times • Sep. 3, 2020
Then they descended out of the America of factory work and tyrannical foremen into an Arcadian grotto of forgetfulness.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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