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a member of a culture in which people hunt animals and look for plants to eat instead of growing crops and raising animals
a tribe of hunter-gatherers
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Recent Examples of hunter-gatherers
The Kalahari hunter-gatherers of southern Africa might not last long in Greenland, and vice versa for the Inuit.
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Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 4 June 2026
On the ground, days are unhurried, with private game drives, foot tracking with Hadzabe hunter-gatherers and dinners staged in a different corner of the reserve each evening.
—Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 23 May 2026
Physical spaces have always embodied what societies care about — from those first stone monuments that hunter-gatherers built to demonstrate loyalty to each other and to higher powers.
—Big Think, 1 May 2026
This pattern of temporary settlement continues among modern hunter-gatherers today, like the !
—Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
At that time, agriculture had not yet emerged, and humans lived as hunter-gatherers.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
But the heart of the film is a lengthy stretch in Namibia, where, from within a community of San hunter-gatherers, Boyes enlists three trackers to accompany him on the long, difficult trek to Angola.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2026
For those who thought that hunter-gatherers were lost to the pages of history, think again.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2026
By analyzing the bones and pyre sediments, researchers believe that hunter-gatherers cremated the body of a woman about 9,500 years ago, according to their study published Thursday in the journal Science Advances.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 6 Jan. 2026
Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 4 June 2026
On the ground, days are unhurried, with private game drives, foot tracking with Hadzabe hunter-gatherers and dinners staged in a different corner of the reserve each evening.
—Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 23 May 2026
Physical spaces have always embodied what societies care about — from those first stone monuments that hunter-gatherers built to demonstrate loyalty to each other and to higher powers.
—Big Think, 1 May 2026
This pattern of temporary settlement continues among modern hunter-gatherers today, like the !
—Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
At that time, agriculture had not yet emerged, and humans lived as hunter-gatherers.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
But the heart of the film is a lengthy stretch in Namibia, where, from within a community of San hunter-gatherers, Boyes enlists three trackers to accompany him on the long, difficult trek to Angola.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2026
For those who thought that hunter-gatherers were lost to the pages of history, think again.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2026
By analyzing the bones and pyre sediments, researchers believe that hunter-gatherers cremated the body of a woman about 9,500 years ago, according to their study published Thursday in the journal Science Advances.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 6 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hunter-gatherers
Noun
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News of the bugle spread quickly and sent local hunters into a frenzy, scouring the forest for one last chance for glory.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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There would be restrictions on the time and place where hunters could discharge their firearms.—
Elle Meyers,
CBS News,
10 June 2026
Noun
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Even though trapping itself isn’t painful to the animal, some anti-trappers and hunters are uncomfortable with the idea of an animal being captive, or experiencing fear when the trapper arrives to check the trap.—
Skye Goode,
Outdoor Life,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Hunter-gatherers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunter-gatherers. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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