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wasteland

[weyst-land] / ˈweɪstˌlænd /
NOUN
wilderness
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It was a wasteland of corporate buzzwords, 4 a.m. wake-up routines and stories about overcoming workplace adversity with a little something called grit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

"I don't even go camping. I can't even imagine walking across the wasteland."

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025

When you scan their rural town, a wasteland of Dollar General stores and fast food chains, most of their neighbors seem to have already faded away.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2025

Just five years ago, midtown Manhattan was a wasteland as the pandemic dominated life in a city that had seen some of the darkest times of Covid-19 only months earlier.

From Barron's • Oct. 21, 2025

As I made my way toward the RTG's burial site, it hit me: Mars is a barren wasteland and I am completely alone here.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir




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