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Recent Examples of wildness
From delicate creeping figs to hefty monstera, indoor vining plants bring a touch of wildness into your home.
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Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Jan. 2026
Zhao, co-writing with O’Farrell, goes straight for the tear ducts, with crucial help from a superb cast led by Buckley — who, like her character, seems to have an extraordinary ability to dispense with artifice and access a wildness simmering beneath the surface.
—Jocelyn Noveck, Boston Herald, 26 Nov. 2025
Maybe fear is our default lens on wildness—a leftover instinct that once kept us uneaten.
—AFAR Media, 30 Oct. 2025
The Niners match with their own brand of wildness.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Using pure well water, wild yeasts (some propagated from its own fruit trees and beehives), local and heirloom grains, hops, and fruits, and house sour cultures, the brewery creates, ages, blends and bottles unique, small-batch beers exhibiting the wildness of Oregon terroir.
—Ben Davidson Correspondent, Oc Register, 24 Sep. 2025
That was good enough to, despite his bouts of wildness, mostly dominate a lineup that featured five players who made their big-league debuts earlier this season.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2025
Her wildness emboldened her on stage.
—Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
Growing up in the Keys instilled a certain wildness in me that can only come from a childhood of being raised on island time.
—Teaghan Skulszki, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2025
Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Jan. 2026
Zhao, co-writing with O’Farrell, goes straight for the tear ducts, with crucial help from a superb cast led by Buckley — who, like her character, seems to have an extraordinary ability to dispense with artifice and access a wildness simmering beneath the surface.
—Jocelyn Noveck, Boston Herald, 26 Nov. 2025
Maybe fear is our default lens on wildness—a leftover instinct that once kept us uneaten.
—AFAR Media, 30 Oct. 2025
The Niners match with their own brand of wildness.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Using pure well water, wild yeasts (some propagated from its own fruit trees and beehives), local and heirloom grains, hops, and fruits, and house sour cultures, the brewery creates, ages, blends and bottles unique, small-batch beers exhibiting the wildness of Oregon terroir.
—Ben Davidson Correspondent, Oc Register, 24 Sep. 2025
That was good enough to, despite his bouts of wildness, mostly dominate a lineup that featured five players who made their big-league debuts earlier this season.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2025
Her wildness emboldened her on stage.
—Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
Growing up in the Keys instilled a certain wildness in me that can only come from a childhood of being raised on island time.
—Teaghan Skulszki, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wildness
Noun
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And there’s nothing that can compensate me for the damage that her recklessness did.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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From there, the glimmers of a more peaceful existence — one fueled by expression, not recklessness — give Lidia hope.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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By hinting that his business was the victim of shape-shifting saboteurs, Westergaard distracted from the more prosaic story about the carelessness of his staff.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Irankunda’s goal was the result of Niko Sigur’s carelessness with the ball in Canada’s own half, and Luc de Fougerolles’ inability to clear the ball as well.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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His audacity and her rashness might surprise some.—
Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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At other times, the result can be both immediate and devastating, as seen in many traffic accidents caused by impatience, inattentiveness, or rashness.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The heedlessness of the children has touched her mood.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Wildness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wildness. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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