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
Two years later, the would-be holdover gig turned into a full career pivot, and Nick chased his coaching dream to Syracuse, the first step in what would invariably be a far more nomadic career than the car business for the Sabans.
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Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Jan. 2026
The 240-seat hacienda-style restaurant’s menu draws on Carballo’s nomadic culinary travels in his native Mexico.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026
The actor, a native of Uvalde, Texas, embraced a rather nomadic lifestyle early in his career, spending much of his time residing in a mobile home until settling down with homes in the Hollywood Hills and a mansion in Malibu.
—Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 8 Jan. 2026
Mongolia This East Asian country, filled with remote untouched landscapes and one of the world’s last nomadic cultures, stands apart.
—Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 2 Jan. 2026
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Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Jan. 2026
The 240-seat hacienda-style restaurant’s menu draws on Carballo’s nomadic culinary travels in his native Mexico.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026
The actor, a native of Uvalde, Texas, embraced a rather nomadic lifestyle early in his career, spending much of his time residing in a mobile home until settling down with homes in the Hollywood Hills and a mansion in Malibu.
—Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 8 Jan. 2026
Mongolia This East Asian country, filled with remote untouched landscapes and one of the world’s last nomadic cultures, stands apart.
—Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 2 Jan. 2026
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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 7 Feb. 2026.
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