as in nomadic
traveling from place to place
a scattering of ambulant vendors can be found on the downtown plaza
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Adjective
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Both are on a mission, handing out flyers for Luis’ missing daughter, Mar, swallowed by the seemingly endless nomadic rave culture.—
Robert Lang,
Deadline,
7 Jan. 2026 -
Mongolia This East Asian country, filled with remote untouched landscapes and one of the world’s last nomadic cultures, stands apart.—
Catherine Garcia,
TheWeek,
2 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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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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Medicare’s payment disparities distort those decisions by rewarding hospitals simply for being hospitals, regardless of whether a service could be delivered just as well — or better — in a physician office or ambulatory surgery center.—
Tomas J. Philipson,
Fortune,
9 Jan. 2026
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Some of the new services offered in South County include electrocardiograms, echocardiograms, ambulatory monitoring patches that track heart rhythm and treadmill stress tests.—
Grace Hase,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Ambulant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambulant. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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