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Recent Examples of dystopian
Brooke Fast is making her dystopian debut with a new book.
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Rachel Flynn, People.com, 4 June 2025
Wes Ball, who directed the dystopian series The Maze Runner, will direct the film, and producer Avi Arad and screenwriter Derek Connolly are also attached to the project.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
The dystopian series, adapted from Canadian author Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel of the same name, ends with June not reuniting with her oldest daughter, Hannah, but instead determined to continue to fight for her.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 28 May 2025
Photo: Steve Wilkie/Disney save Comment June Osborne has been stuck in the distinctly dystopian story cycle of suffer, escape, repeat for six seasons.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 27 May 2025
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Rachel Flynn, People.com, 4 June 2025
Wes Ball, who directed the dystopian series The Maze Runner, will direct the film, and producer Avi Arad and screenwriter Derek Connolly are also attached to the project.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
The dystopian series, adapted from Canadian author Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel of the same name, ends with June not reuniting with her oldest daughter, Hannah, but instead determined to continue to fight for her.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 28 May 2025
Photo: Steve Wilkie/Disney save Comment June Osborne has been stuck in the distinctly dystopian story cycle of suffer, escape, repeat for six seasons.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 27 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dystopian
earthly
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But in the earthly order, utility—usefulness for man—is the main determiner of value.—
Alejandro Antonio Chafuen,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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The Assumption, proclaimed by Pius XII in 1950, is the doctrine that Mary was taken body and soul into heaven at the end of her earthly life.—
Dennis Doyle,
The Conversation,
8 May 2025
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“Dystopian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dystopian. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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