as in untamed
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Adjective
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The star of the evening eventually showed to cheers, rocking a Space Age silver two piece suit, accessorized by skyscraper heels and a giant, untamed wig.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2025 -
There is the hair — those long, brown tussles untamed behind a dark headband — and the socks, which are slipped on the same way every time (right foot first), and her position in the pre-match warm-up circle (second-left of the physio).—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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Saoirse could be totally feral and go so high, and then be so subtle and go there in a very real way with all those emotions.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
5 June 2025
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Unlike feral cats, which live in colonies, and avoid human contact, stray cats often hang out near homes.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 June 2025
Adjective
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This was still wild country, and Fuller set off with the express purpose of producing a book about her journey.—
James Marcus,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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About 90% of wild flowering plants and 75% of food crops around the world depend on pollination to produce fruits and seeds, according to the National Park Service.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
2 June 2025
Adjective
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As savage Arctic cold was getting ready to surge south across North America, vivid imagery based on data from weather models showed us what was going to happen.—
Tom Yulsman,
Discover Magazine,
27 Dec. 2022
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The 2023 grand marshal is former Arizona Democratic congresswoman Gabby Giffords, gravely wounded in a savage mass shooting in 2011 that also killed six people.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Dec. 2022
Adjective
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Game Meat Wild game meat is any meat that is undomesticated instead of farm-raised.15 Venison (deer or elk), bison, rabbit, and wild boar are commonly consumed game meats.—
Lana Barhum,
Verywell Health,
21 Apr. 2025
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Listen to this article Police are investigating after more than 70 animals — many of them undomesticated — were found dead at a home in Old Saybrook.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Wildish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wildish. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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