as in romantic
having or marked by a tendency to be guided more by ideals than by reality
a plan to revitalize the city's decaying downtown that proved to be overly ambitious and utopian
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as in dreamer
one whose conduct is guided more by the image of perfection than by the real world
in the 19th century utopians founded a number of short-lived socialist communities
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Recent Examples of utopian
Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Ultimately, while the dream that humanity will be freed from the shackles of labor and freed to pursue a life of leisure and creativity is attractive, the leap to this utopian state is far from guaranteed.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 3 May 2021
Both technologies promise even more strife between the health foods crowd and Silicon Valley techno-utopians.
—Adrienne Bitar, Time, 28 Nov. 2019
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Edward Norton supplies the film with a gentle Pete Seeger, someone used to leading audiences in peaceful, utopian song but increasingly mystified by this newcomer who sharpens the folk movement into a spear and then takes the battle in a completely different direction.
—Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Ultimately, while the dream that humanity will be freed from the shackles of labor and freed to pursue a life of leisure and creativity is attractive, the leap to this utopian state is far from guaranteed.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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But outside the Dorado Beach gates, life is far from a utopian as the decades-long crisis makes essential services, employment, and wealth inaccessible to locals, leaving Puerto Ricans unable to thrive at home.
—Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 3 May 2021
Both technologies promise even more strife between the health foods crowd and Silicon Valley techno-utopians.
—Adrienne Bitar, Time, 28 Nov. 2019
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Going against tradition, Louie decides to invite Irene to this typically men-only celebration — an early montage implies their romantic relationship runs on an odd, maybe even disturbing dynamic.Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
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Owning a cat can even improve our romantic relationships.Jackie (Ott) Jaakola, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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In 1980, The Times noted, a report that two hefty gold nuggets had turned up in the Sierra Madre foothills sent a new generation of dreamers back into the hills.Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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On the night of March 9, the 22-year-old country music dreamer phoned his friend Kevin Hughes, who worked as the chart director at Cash Box magazine.Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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For instance, unused network segments can be powered down temporarily to save energy, a task that would be impractical to manage manually across thousands of network sites.Robert Backhouse, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Experts dismiss an analogous design for the U.S. as impractical—Israel's defenses are vastly different to the U.S. for several reasons, not least the size of the country and who is doing the targeting.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
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McCourt’s pitch tries to encompass not just his idealistic vision for the Internet but pragmatic capitalist arguments.Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
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Your celestial ruler, Venus, is shining an idealistic light on your social circles, long-term goals and dreams, but Jupiter retrograde in Gemini urges you to consider your financial stability and sense of self-worth.Valerie Mesa, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
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In the new release, Temple plays idealist scientist Dr. Teddy Paine opposite Chiwetel Ejiofor’s General Rex Strickland — the overseer of a secret research facility dedicated to symbiotes.Raven Brunner, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
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The movie stars Adam Driver as Cesar Catilina, an idealist architect with the power to control time, who is determined to rebuild a city that seems like New York after an accident plunges it into ruins.Marco della Cava, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2024
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Recall past photos of presidents from both parties and all ideological stripes attending the dedication of their colleagues' presidential libraries.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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And while some of them have indeed come to the Florida table to express ideological kinship – like Argentina’s President Javier Milei – others have made the trek to gauge warily the implications of the imminent return of a confrontational America-first foreign policy.Howard LaFranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Jan. 2025
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With Mayor Michelle Wu’s increasingly quixotic attempt to raise commercial taxes set to come before the Senate for a third time again Monday, the Joint Revenue Committee chair weighed in on the issue with cold feet on Sunday.Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 9 Dec. 2024
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If not the quixotic quest for the playoffs, then as a testament to quality for players and coaches and a momentum starter for the 2025 season.Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Utopian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/utopian. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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