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- noun Plural form of
wasteland .
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Examples
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The trip from California to Boston, across the scarred, radioactive wastelands, is called Damnation Alley.
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Just as the outlying O2 Arena another Populous project, along with Richard Rogers was a catalyst for new economic development three years ago, the Olympic Park site has already spurred new commercial and residential projects and is helping to transform long-term wastelands on the far east side of the city.
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In Ethiopia, for example, all land allocations recorded at the national investment promotion agency are classified as involving "wastelands" with no pre-existing users.
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In Ethiopia, for example, all land allocations recorded at the national investment promotion agency are classified as involving "wastelands" with no pre-existing users.
Alemayehu G. Mariam: Tear Down the Stonewall of Secrecy 2010
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- Employing agroforestry techniques for reclamation of degraded lands and proper utilization of "wastelands".
1. Tree products in agroecosystems: economic and policy issues. 1992
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Prosperous towns and cities sprang up in the vast prairie "wastelands"; and John Deere's plow, along with the more intricate inventions of Cyrus McCormick and others, opened up similar opportunities for increased agricultural production in all parts of the world - including the Russian Ukraine.
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There are better ways and places to produce or save electricity but since many people view these lands as "wastelands" there is little concern from the public.
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In the path of all this new development are the "wastelands" I loved as a child, landscapes that aren't wastelands at all, but home to rare plants and animals and to the West's mythic openness.
High Country News - Most Recent Sarah Gilman 2009
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In the path of all this new development are the "wastelands" I loved as a child, landscapes that aren't wastelands at all, but home to rare plants and animals and to the West's mythic openness.
High Country News - Most Recent Sarah Gilman 2009
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He mentions that only two "wastelands" could be kept in due to the 360's limitations, so I'm assuming it's one wasteland per disc.
Joystiq 2008
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