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badland

noun

as in desert

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Recent Examples of badland Does this explain, perhaps, why Hopkins would then traffic back and forth between the grand realms of British classical theatre and the badlands of the movies, over the years, with an ease denied even to Olivier? —

Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025 These rocks are well exposed in the parched badlands of Wyoming, crisscrossed for more than a century by dinosaur hunters. —

Paul C. Sereno, The Conversation, 24 Oct. 2025 Amidst its many fossils, visitors can also immerse themselves in the rich beauty of contemporary Canada, with plenty of badland vistas and indigenous fauna to spot along each trail. —

Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025 Deserts and badlands, mountains and tropical islands and Northeast Atlantic beaches. —

Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 23 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for badland

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With one of the nation’s lowest population densities — and most residents living in cities — Idaho boasts plenty of wide-open spaces, an amazing array of geography from huge lakes and raging rivers to snowy peaks and bone-dry deserts.

— CNN.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
Forecasters warned of elevated fire danger across Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties; the Kern County desert; and the slopes of the Mojave Desert.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026