Wild West
noun
: the western U.S. in its frontier period characterized by roughness and lawlessness
Wild West
adjective
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Costner's most recent successful project, of course, is Yellowstone: the gritty Wild West drama of the Dutton family.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
Cryptocurrency is largely seen as a Wild West investing, money storing and memerie space that detaches itself from government trackability and regulation.
—Beck Andrew Salgado, Austin American-Statesman, 14 Dec. 2024
The bank robber and murderer Charles Arthur (Pretty Boy) Floyd, whose crimes spanned Ohio, Oklahoma, and Missouri during the Great Depression, idolized James as a Wild West spin on Robin Hood.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
And as the quality of 3D printers rises as prices fall, the trend shows no signs of stopping, threatening to make America a veritable Wild West of untraceable weapons, according to experts, ex-police officers and the White House.
—Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
Cryptocurrency is largely seen as a Wild West investing, money storing and memerie space that detaches itself from government trackability and regulation.
—Beck Andrew Salgado, Austin American-Statesman, 14 Dec. 2024
The bank robber and murderer Charles Arthur (Pretty Boy) Floyd, whose crimes spanned Ohio, Oklahoma, and Missouri during the Great Depression, idolized James as a Wild West spin on Robin Hood.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
And as the quality of 3D printers rises as prices fall, the trend shows no signs of stopping, threatening to make America a veritable Wild West of untraceable weapons, according to experts, ex-police officers and the White House.
—Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Wild West.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Wild%20West. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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