Thesaurus results for WASTELAND

wasteland

noun

ˈwāst-ˌland

as in desert

land that is uninhabited or not fit for crops with proper irrigation and fertilizer, they turned the desert wasteland into a fertile plain

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Recent Examples of wasteland The biggest issue with Tatis batting first all of 2025 was that the bottom of the Padres’ order was a wasteland. —

Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026 Some ghouls lose their humanity, while others become more violent shells of their former selves, attacking the wasteland creatures and the player. —

Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2026 In the current atmosphere, where so many have been conditioned to believe that the news media is a liberal wasteland, confirmation bias helps with the heavy lifting. —

Brenda Looper, Arkansas Online, 11 Feb. 2026 Gaza is, at the moment, a rubbled wasteland. —

Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for wasteland

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desert

Noun

The unusual summer-like heat will extend over most of the state and the American Southwest, with some desert regions likely to experience their earliest 100-degree day of the year on record, according to the weather service.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
For years now, that’s pretty much what has been happening in the section of hip-hop’s underground that treats Whole Lotta Red like a sacred text—just replace the Western desert with Discord chats.

— Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 13 Mar. 2026