as in nomadic
traveling from place to place
nomad caravans of Bedouins
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as in gypsy
a person who roams about without a fixed route or destination
after college she became quite the nomad, backpacking through Europe with no particular destination
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Jd Shadel, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 May 2023
The earth along the dirt road was blackened, burned not by Janjaweed but by Masalit farmers hoping to keep Arab nomads away.
—Jérôme Tubiana, Foreign Affairs, 25 May 2021
Cauldrons of Bronze Age nomads reveals 2700 year old yak milk and the deep antiquity of food preparation techniques
Sapiens.org.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 25 June 2024
After depicting the arrival of space-faring nomads on a distant planet in January, her spring 2025 collection will be looking at the hard-knock life of the exploring settler in an unknown environment.
—Lily Templeton, WWD, 19 June 2024
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Another sign of the trend’s staying power is the growing number of countries openly competing to attract higher-earning nomads and remote workers.
—Jd Shadel, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 May 2023
The earth along the dirt road was blackened, burned not by Janjaweed but by Masalit farmers hoping to keep Arab nomads away.
—Jérôme Tubiana, Foreign Affairs, 25 May 2021
Cauldrons of Bronze Age nomads reveals 2700 year old yak milk and the deep antiquity of food preparation techniques
Sapiens.org.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 25 June 2024
After depicting the arrival of space-faring nomads on a distant planet in January, her spring 2025 collection will be looking at the hard-knock life of the exploring settler in an unknown environment.
—Lily Templeton, WWD, 19 June 2024
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“Nomad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nomad. Accessed 21 Oct. 2024.
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