as in nomad
traveling from place to place
raised in a nomadic family, she attended half a dozen different high schools
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Recent Examples of nomadic
The increasingly inaccessible real estate market is a hot topic among would-be homeowners these days, leaving shoppers looking for alternative options in the form of rentals, nomadic living, and yes, tiny homes.
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Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
There’s even a design echo between the nomadic Mongolian ger — the traditional felt tent sometimes referred to as yurts — and the Martian dome prototypes being developed by the MARS-V engineering team.
—Rosanna Philpott, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Like many of Gallivant’s globetrotting eaus, this one feels nomadic, ever textured and light.
—Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2025
In 2017 two computer scientists demonstrated that this paradox can explain the varied life strategies of slime molds, which can alternate between a solitary, nomadic life and a stationary colony.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2025
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Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
There’s even a design echo between the nomadic Mongolian ger — the traditional felt tent sometimes referred to as yurts — and the Martian dome prototypes being developed by the MARS-V engineering team.
—Rosanna Philpott, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Like many of Gallivant’s globetrotting eaus, this one feels nomadic, ever textured and light.
—Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2025
In 2017 two computer scientists demonstrated that this paradox can explain the varied life strategies of slime molds, which can alternate between a solitary, nomadic life and a stationary colony.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nomadic
nomad
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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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“Nomadic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nomadic. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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