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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’ve been doing covert “crawls” with the goal of locating and destroying Vecna before he turns the town, then the world, into an oozy wasteland.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2025

Sleep might be a gray wasteland to her, but she knew what was lurking beyond the safe circle of lull, and she was glad of the gray.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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