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a member of a culture in which people hunt animals and look for plants to eat instead of growing crops and raising animals
a tribe of hunter-gatherers
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Recent Examples of hunter-gatherer
This primal urge is deeply ingrained in our species, which spent 95% of its history as hunter-gatherers, relying on cooperation for survival.
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Julie Kratz, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
As that happened, animal and plant populations shifted range or died out, and hunter-gatherer societies either became nomadic or clustered around remaining water sources and took up one or another form of sedentary agriculture, including the cultivation of the date palm.
—Jacob Jones, JSTOR Daily, 13 Aug. 2025
This program highlights a global study comparing the gut microbiomes of diverse populations, including Tsimane horticulturalists in Bolivia and Hadza hunter-gatherers in Tanzania, with those in industrialized societies.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
The study reinforced general perception regarding the positive correlation between economic development and obesity, and the opposite for hunter-gatherer and farming societies.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 25 July 2025
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Julie Kratz, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
As that happened, animal and plant populations shifted range or died out, and hunter-gatherer societies either became nomadic or clustered around remaining water sources and took up one or another form of sedentary agriculture, including the cultivation of the date palm.
—Jacob Jones, JSTOR Daily, 13 Aug. 2025
This program highlights a global study comparing the gut microbiomes of diverse populations, including Tsimane horticulturalists in Bolivia and Hadza hunter-gatherers in Tanzania, with those in industrialized societies.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
The study reinforced general perception regarding the positive correlation between economic development and obesity, and the opposite for hunter-gatherer and farming societies.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 25 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hunter-gatherer
Noun
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Under the new Fish and Wildlife interim pintail harvest strategy, hunters in all four flyways are expected to have a three-pintail daily bag limit option for next year's 2026–'27 season based on this year's breeding population results.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Sep. 2025
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In yet another sweeping tale of two opposites finding common ground (and a lot of chemistry), Robert Redford starred as a hunter opposite Meryl Streep's aristocrat in what is now Kenya in the 1930s.—
Alex Apatoff,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Wright called 911 for help, which included a trapper that captured the gator.—
Pilar Arias,
FOXNews.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Typically, the life of a mountain man or trapper was a hard and isolated lifestyle.—
Aly Walansky,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Hunter-gatherer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunter-gatherer. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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