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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

It will be managed by the WHO which deals with all evacuation requests from a place the UN calls "a wasteland".

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025

McCarthy, addressing ProPublica on Substack, wrote: “You point to various online guides that offer what could be considered dangerous dosing instructions. We agree, the internet is a terrifying wasteland of misinformation and disinformation.”

From Salon • Dec. 15, 2025

They called the place La Ciénega, a corruption of an Indigenous word and an incongruous name — the swamp — in a desert wasteland.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

In the fury of his torment he tried futilely to rouse the omens that had guided his youth along dangerous paths into the desolate wasteland of glory.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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