as in wanderer
a person who travels by foot for exercise or pleasure I began to lose weight after I gave up my sedentary lifestyle and became a daily walker

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Recent Examples of walker Davis, who uses a walker, can't take a bath with epsom salt to relieve pain in her knees and hip. Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 3 July 2025 Dax tackled in-person workshops and a final evaluation where his behavior was tested in different scenarios, like responding to someone with a walker or in a wheelchair, Sargent said. Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 Yet, as Father Rohr points out, there are also bitter people, like the woman, another walker, who complained to management, asking them to evict the homeless woman. Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2025 This year, another $290,000 in new grant funds were approved for the program to purchase, maintain and promote accessibility equipment such as beach wheelchairs, walkers, mats across the sand and kayaks, officials said. Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 25 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for walker
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pedestrian
Noun
  • Studies show that sidewalks significantly reduce the risk of pedestrian accidents, especially at night.
    Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 8 July 2025
  • Tuesday’s in-person auction was expected to last all day as the J. Sugarman Auction Corp. led some 200 bidders and spectators through a plodding tour of the show’s mostly pedestrian relics.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 July 2025

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“Walker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walker. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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