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
The Dedinis didn’t know where to go to find frogs or how to distinguish the croaks of legal species against the nighttime wilderness orchestra.
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Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025
That’s where the gold fever hit in the 1850s gold rush, as men swarmed into the wilderness searching for that precious metal.
—Jenny Peters, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Tom Phillips vanished into the Waikato wilderness with his children shortly before Christmas in 2021 following a dispute with their mother, who held sole custody, according to local officials.
—Ronn Blitzer , Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The Great Work is about a grizzled alchemist and his nephew tracking a strange creature through the Washington wilderness near the end of the nineteenth century.
—Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
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Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025
That’s where the gold fever hit in the 1850s gold rush, as men swarmed into the wilderness searching for that precious metal.
—Jenny Peters, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Tom Phillips vanished into the Waikato wilderness with his children shortly before Christmas in 2021 following a dispute with their mother, who held sole custody, according to local officials.
—Ronn Blitzer , Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The Great Work is about a grizzled alchemist and his nephew tracking a strange creature through the Washington wilderness near the end of the nineteenth century.
—Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for wilderness
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wilderness
Noun
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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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In England, Aidan Morris went 90 for a second straight week in Middlesbrough’s 3-0 win over Millwall in the second-tier Championship, and Tyler Adams nearly went the distance for Bournemouth in a wild, ultimately unsuccessful Premier League-opening 4-2 loss at champions Liverpool.—
Henry Bushnell,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2025
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Husband Jeff, meanwhile, stuck to his own formula of chinos, polos, and brown desert boots.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
13 Sep. 2025
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Deadline’s deep dive on Desert Warrior last October revealed how the film encountered issues after its grueling 2021 shoot in the Saudi desert.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Neural highways that once buzzed with activity are becoming quiet country roads, rarely traveled and slowly overgrown.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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This administration is trying to thrust our country into turmoil in order to reap power for themselves.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Wilderness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wilderness. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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