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Synonyms
ambulant, ambulatory, errant, fugitive, gallivanting (also galavanting), itinerant, nomad, perambulatory, peregrine, peripatetic, ranging, roaming, roving, vagabond, vagrant, wandering, wayfaring
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Her nomadic trade has not afforded time for a family of her own. — Jake Fischer, SI.com, "How Red Panda Became the NBA's Favorite Halftime Performer," 28 Aug. 2019 One of the company's greatest success stories has been in Mongolia, a vast landlocked country with a vibrant nomadic population. — Michelle Toh, CNN, "This startup helps you find any place on the planet without an address," 27 Aug. 2019 According to this theory, nomadic tribes migrated from Central Asia around 1500 BC to the subcontinent, absorbing the advanced, dark-skinned Dravidian inhabitants and giving birth to an Indus or Vedic culture. — Vikram Sampath, Quartz India, "The father of Hindutva believed Aryans migrated to India," 20 Aug. 2019 At a time when many of the Bay Area’s longtime record shops and venues are struggling to hold on, nomadic radio station and DJ collective Fault Radio is looking to merge some of the area’s disconnected DJ scenes together. — Jen Thomas, SFChronicle.com, "Bay Briefing: Jurors replaced in Ghost Ship trial," 20 Aug. 2019 Every member of the Elliott nomadic clan does — even the ones who don't like to ski. — Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, "Sick of the heat? Here's where you can find a cool family vacation in summer," 18 Aug. 2019 Whole nomadic clans shifted their pastures deeper into the tundra, keeping their herds distant from any sign of the state. — Bathsheba Demuth, The New Yorker, "When the Soviet Union Freed the Arctic from Capitalist Slavery," 15 Aug. 2019 Lamb is roasted long and slow as the nomadic Naqab Bedouin have cooked it for centuries. — The Economist, "How to eat well while living under siege," 2 Aug. 2019 In one ocean view photo, Orji lets her waist-length braids hang freely, giving us carefree nomadic black girl vibes. — Jennifer Ford, Essence, "'Insecure' Star Yvonne Orji Is A Bombshell In Blond Box Braids," 31 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'nomadic.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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