as in wild
that part of the physical world that is removed from human habitation
released the wolf back into the wilderness
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Recent Examples of wilderness
Decker is an Army veteran who is considered highly skilled in wilderness survival.
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Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Democrats' real path out of the wilderness.
—FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Tromsø is one of the world’s best places to see the northern lights, and many cruise passengers join evening excursions into the surrounding wilderness to maximize their chances of witnessing the aurora.
—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
The only survivors were Magdalena’s four children, ranging from ages 13 to infancy, who were left stranded and injured in the wilderness with no idea of how to escape.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2025
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Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Democrats' real path out of the wilderness.
—FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Tromsø is one of the world’s best places to see the northern lights, and many cruise passengers join evening excursions into the surrounding wilderness to maximize their chances of witnessing the aurora.
—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
The only survivors were Magdalena’s four children, ranging from ages 13 to infancy, who were left stranded and injured in the wilderness with no idea of how to escape.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for wilderness
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wilderness
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Whether exploring the Royal Botanic Garden or watching sunset from Mrs Macquarie’s Chair—hand-carved by convicts in 1810—the city feels luminous, expansive, and just a little wild.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Owen — who has monitored the species in the Arctic wild — said monitoring Kalluk at the zoo also helped with better understanding polar bears’ body weight and fat stores, and therefore conservation efforts to protect them.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Aug. 2025
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Over nearly four decades in the desert, Matzner donated more than $85 million to local nonprofits and helped the festival become an important stop on the Hollywood awards circuit.—
Pat Saperstein,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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Yet nearly 2,000 miles away, in one of America’s deserts, lives were reborn.—
Suzette Hackney,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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Since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appealed for foreign fighters to join his country’s International Legion, which supplements the army’s ranks to counter Russia’s incursion.—
Rebecca Johns,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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Dryden also represented his country several times, most notably helping Team Canada defeat the Soviet Union in the 1972 Summit Series.—
Jesse Granger,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Wilderness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wilderness. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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