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: a large area of land where people do not live and where plants, trees, etc., grow freely : wilderness They hiked through the wilds of Maine.

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“The wilds.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20wilds. Accessed 5 Dec. 2021.

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