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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

The hit TV show is an adaptation of the popular role-playing game of the same name, set 200 years after a nuclear war leaves the Earth a wasteland.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 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

Also, the designation “forest” seems generous: The gnarled and stripped trees look broken, suggesting an open wasteland instead of a battleground that could provide cover.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2025

“I done laundry,” said the dead girl, and then the morning sunlight flooded the wasteland, and Bod was alone.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman




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