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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David Thewlis portrays Peylak, leader of the Wind Traders, who are nomadic traders that deliver their goods across Pandora by way of a flying caravan.
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Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Dec. 2025
The Avars were a nomadic people from Central Asia who settled parts of what is now Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, Serbia and Austria during the early Middle Ages.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 1 Dec. 2025
Born in Cincinnati, Wyler’s family roots in the Queen City stretch back over several generations, but his formative years were nomadic, spent in Ohio and the Southwest.
—Leyla Shokoohe, Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 Nov. 2025
Leaders of the Maasai — an ethnic group of traditionally nomadic herders with ancestral ties to the area — and conservationists warn the new tourist destination threatens a migration corridor vital to the movement of vast numbers of animals and have filed a lawsuit to halt its operations.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 28 Nov. 2025
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Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Dec. 2025
The Avars were a nomadic people from Central Asia who settled parts of what is now Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, Serbia and Austria during the early Middle Ages.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 1 Dec. 2025
Born in Cincinnati, Wyler’s family roots in the Queen City stretch back over several generations, but his formative years were nomadic, spent in Ohio and the Southwest.
—Leyla Shokoohe, Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 Nov. 2025
Leaders of the Maasai — an ethnic group of traditionally nomadic herders with ancestral ties to the area — and conservationists warn the new tourist destination threatens a migration corridor vital to the movement of vast numbers of animals and have filed a lawsuit to halt its operations.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 28 Nov. 2025
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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 Jan. 2026.
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