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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Recent Examples of nomadic
Manifesta, the nomadic European biennial launched in 1996, is losing its founding director, Hedwig Fijen.
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News Desk, Artforum, 4 May 2026
Unlike my nomadic parents, who moved every few years, Channing’s family had settled in this town with a large Korean community and put down roots.
—Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
The Athletics got to Yankees closer David Bednar in the ninth inning Wednesday night, paving the way for a 3-2, series-tying victory for the nomadic visitors at Yankee Stadium.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2026
These descendants of Kazakh nomadic herders, who once moved freely across the steppe with their animals, now speak of staying put as a mark of strength rather than constraint.
—Magdalena Stawkowski, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026
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News Desk, Artforum, 4 May 2026
Unlike my nomadic parents, who moved every few years, Channing’s family had settled in this town with a large Korean community and put down roots.
—Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
The Athletics got to Yankees closer David Bednar in the ninth inning Wednesday night, paving the way for a 3-2, series-tying victory for the nomadic visitors at Yankee Stadium.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2026
These descendants of Kazakh nomadic herders, who once moved freely across the steppe with their animals, now speak of staying put as a mark of strength rather than constraint.
—Magdalena Stawkowski, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for nomadic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nomadic
nomad
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Dinners take place in traditional nomad tents around the communal fire pit, and range from steaming hot pots with yak meat, mushrooms and tofu to haute-Tibetan tasting menus with wild vegetables in corn foam, tsampa grissini, and lamb shoulder with yak yogurt glaze and salsa verde.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Apr. 2026
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New this season are nomad-style cooking workshops, starlit movies for younger campers, and sunrise hawk walks.—
Katharina Kotrba,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Nomadic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nomadic. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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