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
As the May renewal date approached, Walsh and the company made the decision to leave their home on Irving Park and return, once again, to the nomadic lifestyle of their early days.
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Ryan P. C. Trimble,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2026
There’s a whole contingency of people that are quite nomadic, so some people like to have full apartments attached to their houses [where friends can stay].
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Mary Holland,
Architectural Digest,
16 June 2026
While her mind might be nomadic, her eyes remain stubbornly with us, pausing and absorbing, perceptive.
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Joseph Trinidad,
Longreads,
16 June 2026
Individual and collective tensions These energy projects in nomadic communities are presented as part of of national efforts to modernize rural areas, bring capital to local communities and promote renewable energy development as part of China’s clean energy and carbon reduction agenda.
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Sanggay Tashi,
The Conversation,
11 June 2026
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Ryan P. C. Trimble,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2026
There’s a whole contingency of people that are quite nomadic, so some people like to have full apartments attached to their houses [where friends can stay].
—
Mary Holland,
Architectural Digest,
16 June 2026
While her mind might be nomadic, her eyes remain stubbornly with us, pausing and absorbing, perceptive.
—
Joseph Trinidad,
Longreads,
16 June 2026
Individual and collective tensions These energy projects in nomadic communities are presented as part of of national efforts to modernize rural areas, bring capital to local communities and promote renewable energy development as part of China’s clean energy and carbon reduction agenda.
—
Sanggay Tashi,
The Conversation,
11 June 2026
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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.
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New this season are nomad-style cooking workshops, starlit movies for younger campers, and sunrise hawk walks.
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“Nomadic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nomadic. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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