as in nomad
traveling from place to place
raised in a nomadic family, she attended half a dozen different high schools
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This was a shamanic site of the San, the nomadic hunter-gatherers who first inhabited South Africa.
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Kendall Hunter, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2025
While the nomadic clan has picked up and moved at their leisure in the past, this provocative drama unfolds at a time when there’s no running from the future or from one another.
—Stephen Saito, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
Oded took pride in his work helping the traditionally nomadic Bedouin people of the Negev Desert, his daughter told The Associated Press, describing a case that went to Israel’s High Court and resulted in the return of some of their land.
—Associated Press, TIME, 22 Feb. 2025
Others helped governments protect against diseases like polio and measles in conflict zones and among nomadic groups.
—Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
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Kendall Hunter, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2025
While the nomadic clan has picked up and moved at their leisure in the past, this provocative drama unfolds at a time when there’s no running from the future or from one another.
—Stephen Saito, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
Oded took pride in his work helping the traditionally nomadic Bedouin people of the Negev Desert, his daughter told The Associated Press, describing a case that went to Israel’s High Court and resulted in the return of some of their land.
—Associated Press, TIME, 22 Feb. 2025
Others helped governments protect against diseases like polio and measles in conflict zones and among nomadic groups.
—Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for nomadic
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“Nomadic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nomadic. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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