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as in feral
living outdoors without taming or domestication by humans
wild animals can be shy or aggressive when confronted by humans
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as in uninhabited
existing without human habitation or cultivation
that land has been completely wild since the owners abandoned it
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as in turbulent
marked by turmoil or disturbance especially of natural elements
a wild night, full of wind and rain
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as in bizarre
conceived or made without regard for reason or reality
some wild claim that he was abducted by aliens
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as in strange
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion
public speakers in the park typically spout some wild ideas
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as in frantic
marked by great and often stressful excitement or activity
the holidays were especially wild around here this year
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as in barbarian
not civilized
ancient traces of a wild people who lived in mountain caves
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as in excited
showing urgent desire or interest
they're just wild to go on the ecotour through the Amazon rain forest
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as in wildly
in a confused and reckless manner
as soon as the doors opened, early-morning bargain hunters ran wild through the store
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as in wilderness
that part of the physical world that is removed from human habitation
some animals aren't meant to live outside of the wild
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David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Preventing pets from hunting or consuming wild animals.
—Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 3 Nov. 2024
Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2022
Five treatment rooms house regionally inspired treatments and products which feature natural, bloom-to-bottle ingredients, some of which have been grown or wild-harvested on-site.
—Yola Robert, Forbes, 26 May 2022
Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2024
Playwright Annie Baker’s first film is an intensely personal, hyper-specific wonder about a young girl growing up in the shadow and protective shade of her single mother in the hippie wilds of northwestern Massachusetts.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2024
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Adjective
All black-footed ferrets alive today, other than the clones of Willa and their newborn kits, are descendants of the last seven wild individuals.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Preventing pets from hunting or consuming wild animals.
—Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 3 Nov. 2024
Adverb
Even their currently available salmon was wild-caught off central California.
—Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2022
Five treatment rooms house regionally inspired treatments and products which feature natural, bloom-to-bottle ingredients, some of which have been grown or wild-harvested on-site.
—Yola Robert, Forbes, 26 May 2022
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For the high rollers, there’s a deluxe pork-and-truffle option, at twenty-eight dollars for a mere five dumplings but worthy of the price, with huge slices of black truffle slipped inside the wrapper with the meat, making the whole package earthy and wild.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2024
Playwright Annie Baker’s first film is an intensely personal, hyper-specific wonder about a young girl growing up in the shadow and protective shade of her single mother in the hippie wilds of northwestern Massachusetts.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wild
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Unlike dozens of feral cats found dead on farms with outbreaks, these domestic cats didn’t roam around herds, lapping up milk that teemed with virus.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024
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With the parents gone, the boys are practically feral.Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 3 Sep. 2024
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Lupita Nyong’o leads the movie’s voice cast, playing a robot named Roz, who gets marooned on an uninhabited island and soon develops a bond with an orphaned gosling.Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 29 Sep. 2024
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North Korea routinely test-launches missiles to drop in the sea or on an uninhabited island.Reuters, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2024
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Camille was the very smart widow who led the company through the turbulent 1930’s, and insured its success into the future.Liz Thach, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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Then came the two-week journey down the turbulent Yukon River to Dawson, for which travelers had to build their own boats.Melanie Haiken, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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Alaska currently has one of the most bizarre state legislatures, with the majority in both chambers being made up of members of multiple parties.Cooper Burton, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2024
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To file, debtors owe an up-front fee that can exceed $1,000—a bizarre catch-22 for someone who can’t afford to pay their bills.Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2024
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Seven miles south of Cincinnati, stranger still, the world’s only museum dedicated to ventriloquism.Chadd Scott, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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These social commentary songs were strange; some had the N-word in it.Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Oct. 2024
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While Walker was not called as a witness, the government played Walker's frantic 911 call in the aftermath of the gunfire for the jury.Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 28 Oct. 2024
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Now, the frantic bride was forced to take the subway to the Bronx, where the wedding was being held in the apartment of Rhoda’s parents Ida (Nancy Walker) and Martin (Harold Gould).Marc Berman, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Yet the real struggle between red and blue bears little resemblance to the flamboyant melodrama narrated by partisans, in which each side fights to defend humanity against a barbarian horde.Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 19 Aug. 2024
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Column of Marcus Aurelius was erected in AD 180 to commemorate his victories over the barbarian tribes of the Danube.Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 20 June 2024
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Which brings me to today, five days out from ‘race day’ and feeling both nervous and excited—though maybe a little more nervous than excited.Margie Warrell, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Wild.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wild. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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