arcadian

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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

Nor did Vaughan Williams, a student socialist who remained left-leaning, always flee the present into an Arcadian past, despite the wistfulness of works like his Oboe Concerto.

From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2022

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

From the forests and fisheries and farmlands of an Arcadian state dawned a powerful military capital, a nerve center that had welcomed residents by the hundreds of thousands since the start of the conflict.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly