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wilderness

[wil-der-nis] / ˈwɪl dər nɪs /


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There are an estimated 80,000 to 100,000 Sami people across the vast Arctic wilderness of northern Finland, Norway, Sweden and Russia's Kola peninsula.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Events cannot alter the movement of visitors, wildlife or traffic, close roads or trails, or take place in designated wilderness areas.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

The technology cutoff is most apparent during the four-day, three-night solo trip in the wilderness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Once outside the walls of Buddyland and into the surrounding wilderness, Kelly shifts from boxy TV framing and video texture to a cinematic widescreen ratio, but the milieu still seems half-real, half-stylized.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

They went almost hopelessly into the great wilderness of trees where it seemed impossible to find anything.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

America’s great national parks and wildernesses must be littered with dead relatives.

From MarketWatch ● May 14, 2026

He came out of Africa and had spent years in the wildernesses of the East and the West.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026

AppLovin has an ad platform that facilitates ads surrounding mobile apps, especially games, one of the last untamed wildernesses of digital advertising.

From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026

The famous walking route from the central belt to the Highlands takes walkers along the shores of Loch Lomond and across Rannoch Moor - one of the last wildernesses in Europe.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2025

The foragers were there before us and they brought about dramatic changes even in the densest jungles and the most desolate wildernesses.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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