as in feral
living outdoors without taming or domestication by humans
a herd of wilding mustangs
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Recent Examples of wilding
This experience prioritizes the animals’ wellbeing by focusing on increasing the population, collecting data, and working with experts who have success in re-wilding.
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Jack Tydeman, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2025
Jack Tydeman, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wilding
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Until the twentieth century, primates were considered too big, feral, and expensive for most experiments; researchers favored guinea pigs, frogs, rabbits, and dogs.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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When the tools get cheap enough, imagination goes feral.—
Bob Bonniol,
Rolling Stone,
29 Oct. 2025
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The honks of wild Canada geese, for instance, fresh out of the Arctic and now high in the clouds going south, signal a change in seasons for me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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The Jets finally earned their first win of the season in Week 8 after a wild comeback against the Cincinnati Bengals, but with their 1-7 record and seemingly no future in sight, new general manager Darren Mougey has opted to ship his star corner.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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The Edmund Fitzgerald was caught in a savage storm with hurricane-force winds around 100-mile-an-hour and waves up to 60 feet, crashing down on the freighter every four to eight seconds, says Bacon.—
NPR,
NPR,
6 Nov. 2025
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Here, spiritual infractions are met with savage physical punishment and some of the more grotesque images in recent horror memory (which, as the genre has become ever more popular and emboldened, is seriously saying something).—
Dennis Perkins,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Wilding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wilding. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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