Example Sentences

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In both public perception and official policy, savannas in India and elsewhere have often been labeled "wastelands."

From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2026

Multiple generations of Americans have been socialized to believe that a mecca of cheap, dirty pleasures awaits in the wastelands of southern Nevada.

From Slate • Nov. 18, 2025

People like Tommy know such wastelands hold opportunity.

From Salon • Nov. 16, 2025

Aaron, meanwhile, plays Maximus, a member of the Brotherhood of Steel - one of the Fallout world's tribal communities that live outside in the wastelands.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2024

Their environments ran the gamut, from sword-and-sorcery settings to cyberpunk-themed planetwide cities to irradiated postapocalyptic zombie-infested wastelands.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline