as in nomadic
traveling from place to place
a peripatetic reporter for a cable news network
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Recent Examples of peripatetic
How would my peripatetic vacation plans proceed without wheels?
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Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2025
Blending biography and criticism, Plunkett shows how the circumstances of Frost’s peripatetic life gave rise to some of his most successful poems.
—Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Kimberly Lovato is a freelance writer, author, traveler, Francophile, and champagne lover with a peripatetic soul.
—Kimberley Lovato, AFAR Media, 4 Feb. 2025
Books Dorothy Parker’s Hollywood Years, In Focus Christopher J. Scalia
Gail Crowther takes us on tours of the places that shaped Parker’s peripatetic times in Hollywood, where stars gathered in a decadent community.
—Daniel Foster, National Review, 23 Jan. 2025
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Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2025
Blending biography and criticism, Plunkett shows how the circumstances of Frost’s peripatetic life gave rise to some of his most successful poems.
—Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Kimberly Lovato is a freelance writer, author, traveler, Francophile, and champagne lover with a peripatetic soul.
—Kimberley Lovato, AFAR Media, 4 Feb. 2025
Books Dorothy Parker’s Hollywood Years, In Focus Christopher J. Scalia
Gail Crowther takes us on tours of the places that shaped Parker’s peripatetic times in Hollywood, where stars gathered in a decadent community.
—Daniel Foster, National Review, 23 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peripatetic
Adjective
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Mongolia’s vast steppes and nomadic heritage have long shaped the rhythms of life.—
Munkhtuya Rentsenbat,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Sami herders are descended from a once-nomadic people scattered across a region spanning the far north of Sweden, Norway, Finland and the northwestern corner of Russia.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The latter will be used for the likes of Bitcoin developers or nomad Bitcoin enthusiast couples who come to Japan for an extended stay.—
Frank Corva,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Peripatetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peripatetic. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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