badland

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Recent Examples of badland 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 The widespread badlands of the modern Bighorn Basin expose remarkably fossil-rich sediments. Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 29 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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Noun
  • After vacations in Hawaii, Italy and then Thailand, some season 3 cast members hoped the location of the upcoming season might be somewhere snowy, while others wished for a desert.
    Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 30 Jan. 2026
  • There are also on-demand classes for desert bathing, sound baths, boxing, and more for a $20 fee each.
    Asonta Benetti, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The documentary focuses on the inhabitants of Antarctica, and captures an apparent moment of madness within a colony of Adélie penguins, who endure scathingly harsh conditions in the icy wasteland.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • She's seen that the wasteland is a very difficult place, full of suffering.
    Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Jan. 2026

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“Badland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/badland. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.

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