as in nomadic
traveling from place to place
a peripatetic reporter for a cable news network
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Recent Examples of peripatetic
Kimberly Lovato is a freelance writer, author, traveler, Francophile, and champagne lover with a peripatetic soul.
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Kimberley Lovato, AFAR Media, 4 Feb. 2025
Her own straight-talking but peripatetic prose zags provocatively from Clintonian economic policy in Russia to her own eating disorder; from the gulf war to bling rap videos shot through a fish-eye lens.
—Alexandra Jacobs, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Even for a peripatetic former diplomat, that’s a busy travel schedule.
—Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2025
Owing to the nature of his father’s job, Lynch experienced a peripatetic childhood as the family moved around among Idaho, Washington, Virginia, and North Carolina.
—News Desk, Artforum, 16 Jan. 2025
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Kimberley Lovato, AFAR Media, 4 Feb. 2025
Her own straight-talking but peripatetic prose zags provocatively from Clintonian economic policy in Russia to her own eating disorder; from the gulf war to bling rap videos shot through a fish-eye lens.
—Alexandra Jacobs, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Even for a peripatetic former diplomat, that’s a busy travel schedule.
—Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2025
Owing to the nature of his father’s job, Lynch experienced a peripatetic childhood as the family moved around among Idaho, Washington, Virginia, and North Carolina.
—News Desk, Artforum, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peripatetic
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Leslie Patrick is a freelance writer who splits her time between South Korea and a nomadic life of slow traveling around the globe.—
Leslie Patrick,
AFAR Media,
15 Apr. 2025
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One such program, overseen by Dr. Steven John, an official at the Ministry of Health in Adamawa State, Nigeria, was implementing TB health care for nomadic populations there.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
30 Mar. 2025
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“Peripatetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peripatetic. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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