as in nomadic
traveling from place to place
nomad caravans of Bedouins
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as in gypsy
a person who roams about without a fixed route or destination
after college she became quite the nomad, backpacking through Europe with no particular destination
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Recent Examples of nomad
Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2025
The most successful nomads know how to motivate themselves.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
The new van wraps nomads in warm, homey comfort trickled down from the incomparable Venture S motorhome and equips them with a robust 5G connectivity suite and smart home-level control, seamlessly blending the worlds of work, play and just plain everyday living.
—New Atlas, 29 Jan. 2025
The delays have turned buyers and their families into nomads — moving from one expensive rental to another, cramming in with relatives while living out of suitcases — draining their finances and testing their marriages.
—Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
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Noun
That gave rise to the idea that the outer area may have been seasonal quarters for nomads, who took shelter behind the walls with their herds during the twice-yearly trek from lowland to highlands back again.
—Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2025
The most successful nomads know how to motivate themselves.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
The new van wraps nomads in warm, homey comfort trickled down from the incomparable Venture S motorhome and equips them with a robust 5G connectivity suite and smart home-level control, seamlessly blending the worlds of work, play and just plain everyday living.
—New Atlas, 29 Jan. 2025
The delays have turned buyers and their families into nomads — moving from one expensive rental to another, cramming in with relatives while living out of suitcases — draining their finances and testing their marriages.
—Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nomad
Adjective
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Sites like Moundville and Cahokia challenge misconceptions that all Native American groups were nomadic.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
8 Feb. 2025
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There is nothing glaringly stupid like so much of Season 2, and the idyllic Maine setting is a much better fit for our nomadic protagonist.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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More than 75% of all U.S. leisure travelers participate in cultural or heritage activities such as visiting museums.—
Margi Glavovic Nothard,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2025
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Visit California, the state’s tourism agency, revised its overall projections for 2025 visitor spending this month to $160 billion from $166 billion, following the slowdown in the growth of international travelers and the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles in January.—
Ceylan Yeğinsu,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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In both the series and the books, Jack Reacher is a drifter who moves from town to town, so Ritchson's hero is the show's most consistent presence.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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In Kelly Reichardt’s quietly shattering drama, Michelle Williams plays a drifter stranded in Oregon who’s separated from her beloved dog, Lucy, after she’s arrested for shoplifting food.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
9 Mar. 2025
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“Nomad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nomad. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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