as in wanderer
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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as in nomadic
traveling from place to place
nomad caravans of Bedouins
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Recent Examples of nomad
Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 3 Feb. 2026
Deutch nails every joke in this slapstick comedy that keeps the out-of-pocket zingers coming nonstop, complimented perfectly by her crew of Yellow Brick Road (Hollywood Boulevard) nomads.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 25 Jan. 2026
Katharina Kotrba, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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Noun
The Wind Traders, for example, are nomads who live in the sky, and their culture and lifestyle are clearly represented in their clothes.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 3 Feb. 2026
Deutch nails every joke in this slapstick comedy that keeps the out-of-pocket zingers coming nonstop, complimented perfectly by her crew of Yellow Brick Road (Hollywood Boulevard) nomads.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 25 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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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Noun
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Unlike most comets, which originate in the Kuiper Belt or the Oort Cloud, this icy wanderer formed around another star before drifting into our cosmic neighborhood.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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Spader plays Graham, an enigmatic wanderer who inserts himself into the lives of his old friend John (Peter Gallagher), his wife Ann (Andie MacDowell) and her sister Cynthia (San Giacomo), drawing out all manner of confessions and revelations.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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Anthropocene framing conscripts the work into contemporary climate discourse, rendering its specific engagement with Kazakh nomadic destruction merely illustrative of broader ecological crisis.—
Anel Rakhimzhanova,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
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But these token acknowledgments feel oddly forced, particularly once Glass teams up with another nomadic sort whose world has been destroyed by the white man.—
Eric Kohn,
IndieWire,
25 Feb. 2026
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Once a favorite haunt of music legends, the hotel still sings today, attracting couples, musicians, and business travelers alike.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 Mar. 2026
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The Dubai Airports website advises travelers not to proceed to the airport unless they have been contacted directly by their airlines.—
Marnie Hunter,
CNN Money,
4 Mar. 2026
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His path crosses many years later with the drifter’s child in a story of acceptance that Duvall considered one of his best films.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
17 Feb. 2026
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What could go wrong when married couple Timothy and Sloane try to help drifter Old Blindy (Tony Larkin)?—
Jim Farmer,
AJC.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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Long the purview of vagabond surfers, its coastline is peppered with small towns, like Venao, Guanico, and Cambutal, that are in various stages of being reshaped by bohemian expats.—
David Amsden,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Dec. 2025
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There are no talking-head interviews putting addiction into a moral context, nor are there romanticized vagabonds.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Dec. 2025
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“Nomad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nomad. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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