as in wild
that part of the physical world that is removed from human habitation
released the wolf back into the wilderness
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Recent Examples of wilderness
The show tells the story of a high school girls' soccer team who survived a plane crash in the Canadian wilderness.
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Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Many scenes in the film are spoken in the local language and the village, as well as the mountainous, rugged landscape that surrounds it, are portrayed as subsisting at the edge between wilderness and civilization.
—Bartolomeo Sala, The Dial, 27 Mar. 2025
The move eventually led them to dive back into their passion for wilderness hospitality.
—Julia Eskins, Vogue, 26 Mar. 2025
In the depths of the Last Frontier, Denali National Park boasts a staggering array of native animals, providing guests with an opportunity to marvel at rare creatures that thrive in the pristine wilderness of North America.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
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Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Many scenes in the film are spoken in the local language and the village, as well as the mountainous, rugged landscape that surrounds it, are portrayed as subsisting at the edge between wilderness and civilization.
—Bartolomeo Sala, The Dial, 27 Mar. 2025
The move eventually led them to dive back into their passion for wilderness hospitality.
—Julia Eskins, Vogue, 26 Mar. 2025
In the depths of the Last Frontier, Denali National Park boasts a staggering array of native animals, providing guests with an opportunity to marvel at rare creatures that thrive in the pristine wilderness of North America.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wilderness
Noun
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Things have gotten a little wild in the Chicago suburb of Orland Park, Illinois, where local cops accused a former cop of impersonating a current cop on Facebook.—
Nate Anderson,
Ars Technica,
20 Mar. 2025
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The following five organizations, ranging from a foundation focused on protecting and preserving the untamed wilds of Chile and Argentina to a 12-seat restaurant in Brooklyn using profits to fund the meals of those in need, are focused on selflessly serving the people and places around them.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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That's not to say that all planets that pass through the hot Neptune desert lose their gaseous envelopes in this same way.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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In addition, strong winds over desert areas could result in briefly lowered visibilities to well under a mile at times in blowing dust or blowing sand.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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The immense scale of the disaster has piled a fresh crisis on the impoverished Southeast Asian country, where almost 20 million people were already in need of humanitarian assistance after four years of civil war.—
Ross Adkin,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2025
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Friday's losses come on the heels of Thursday's nosedive after Trump announced late Wednesday sweeping 10% tariffs on all countries, effective April 5, and even higher reciprocal tariffs on a list of other countries.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Wilderness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wilderness. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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