as in nomadic
traveling from place to place
ambulatory theatrical companies that brought live theater to small towns across America
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Recent Examples of ambulatory
The property management company is currently surveying residents and providing hotel rooms for those who are not ambulatory.
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Ashley Sharp, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
An ambulatory confection of racist stereotypes, Fu-Manchu appeared in a series of pulp novels and films in the first half of the twentieth century.
—Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
The reality is that a motivated and ambulatory Jimmy Butler contributes more than any of those three.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2026
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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Ashley Sharp, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
An ambulatory confection of racist stereotypes, Fu-Manchu appeared in a series of pulp novels and films in the first half of the twentieth century.
—Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
The reality is that a motivated and ambulatory Jimmy Butler contributes more than any of those three.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2026
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ambulatory
Adjective
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Anthropocene framing conscripts the work into contemporary climate discourse, rendering its specific engagement with Kazakh nomadic destruction merely illustrative of broader ecological crisis.—
Anel Rakhimzhanova,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
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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.—
Eric Kohn,
IndieWire,
25 Feb. 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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“Ambulatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambulatory. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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