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
nomadic
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In reverse, it’s not lost on this viewer how the displacement of so many humans in this time of global disruption is humanity’s own version of being subject to the migratory patterns of storks and other nomadic animals.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
29 Aug. 2025
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As the country modernized, nomadic lifestyles were largely replaced with more settled, urbanized ways of living—so the symbolism woven into felting designs began to hold less significance in everyday life.—
Annie Daly,
Vogue,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Peripatetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peripatetic. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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