as in nomadic
traveling from place to place
an itinerant musician can see a lot of the world
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Recent Examples of itinerant
The bureaucracy needed to confirm eligibility is costly; the available technology is often outdated; some determinations are unavoidably subjective; and communicating new rules to an itinerant population with brisk job turnover is a challenge, to say the least.
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Editorial, Boston Herald, 27 May 2025
What emerges is a portrait of the artist as an itinerant hacker, and a snapshot of digital creation in the years before social media or the advent of the cloud.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 7 May 2025
Tensions are further inflamed by the arrival of an itinerant deckhand, Daniel, who makes known his feelings for Jack.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 6 May 2025
Two itinerant jazz musicians named Joe and Jerry witness a gangland staying in Chicago and escape by donning dresses and joining an all-girl dance band that’s setting out on a national tour.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2025
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Editorial, Boston Herald, 27 May 2025
What emerges is a portrait of the artist as an itinerant hacker, and a snapshot of digital creation in the years before social media or the advent of the cloud.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 7 May 2025
Tensions are further inflamed by the arrival of an itinerant deckhand, Daniel, who makes known his feelings for Jack.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 6 May 2025
Two itinerant jazz musicians named Joe and Jerry witness a gangland staying in Chicago and escape by donning dresses and joining an all-girl dance band that’s setting out on a national tour.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for itinerant
nomadic
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One hypothesis as to how the fossils ended up there is that seasonal nomadic livestock herders traded meat and goods such as fossils with local inhabitants, in exchange for use of their land.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2025
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Seed, who followed her parents’ career paths as a photographer, also discovered a trove of her mother’s own photographs, revealing a distinctive, clear-eyed aesthetic and a nomadic itch.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2025
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“Itinerant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/itinerant. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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