nomadic
adjective
no·mad·ic
nō-ˈma-dik 
1
: of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads
a nomadic tribe
nomadic herders
2
: roaming about from place to place aimlessly, frequently, or without a fixed pattern of movement
a nomadic hobo
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raised in a nomadic family, she attended half a dozen different high schools
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But these token acknowledgments feel oddly forced, particularly once Glass teams up with another nomadic sort whose world has been destroyed by the white man.
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Eric Kohn, IndieWire, 25 Feb. 2026
Over 2,500 years ago, researchers believe that a 25- to 30-year-old woman most likely fell off a horse, as the Pazyryk were a nomadic culture, and suffered terrible injury to her jaw, as the CT scans revealed.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 23 Feb. 2026
The ground floor of the two-story location will be the new permanent home of the nomadic Earl of Sandwich fast casual restaurant that has bounced around Downtown Disney over the past few years.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 23 Feb. 2026
The city’s nomadic encampments of unhoused people constantly jostled and disrupted.
—Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026
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Eric Kohn, IndieWire, 25 Feb. 2026
Over 2,500 years ago, researchers believe that a 25- to 30-year-old woman most likely fell off a horse, as the Pazyryk were a nomadic culture, and suffered terrible injury to her jaw, as the CT scans revealed.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 23 Feb. 2026
The ground floor of the two-story location will be the new permanent home of the nomadic Earl of Sandwich fast casual restaurant that has bounced around Downtown Disney over the past few years.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 23 Feb. 2026
The city’s nomadic encampments of unhoused people constantly jostled and disrupted.
—Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for nomadic
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“Nomadic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nomadic. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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