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
This is a strong example of how compact street design and high walker and biking activity can concentrate crash risk, especially at intersections and turning points.
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Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Pre-registration for the event is already underway and includes a walker packet which contains information for the day of the walk, a bib, a ticket that can be exchanged for a T-shirt, a ticket for the pancake breakfast and a donation envelope.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
Other walkers wanted to make sure their older neighbors were not forgotten about in this budget.
—Drew Aunkst, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
The path connects all five communities and is frequented by walkers, cyclists, and rollerbladers.
—Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2026
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Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Pre-registration for the event is already underway and includes a walker packet which contains information for the day of the walk, a bib, a ticket that can be exchanged for a T-shirt, a ticket for the pancake breakfast and a donation envelope.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
Other walkers wanted to make sure their older neighbors were not forgotten about in this budget.
—Drew Aunkst, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
The path connects all five communities and is frequented by walkers, cyclists, and rollerbladers.
—Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for walker
Noun
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On stage, Josh and Melissa, our wanderers from the land of reality, are subsumed into an actual musical rather than a vaguely Truman Show-style refraction.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
20 Apr. 2026
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Voice like a warm porchlight left on for wanderers who kissed goodbye too soon or stayed too long.—
Alex Suskind,
Pitchfork,
18 Mar. 2026
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Parents and pediatricians can advocate for child pedestrian safety by supporting and encouraging community programs with resources offered through organizations such as Safe Routes to School.—
Dr. Phyllis Agran,
Boston Herald,
26 Apr. 2026
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Because the former hotel land is largely covered by freeway, the city plans to designate a portion of a nearby pedestrian tunnel connecting Downtown Commons and Old Sacramento in honor of the site.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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From the walking path, a tunnel traveling north under Friars Road will take hikers into the Escala community.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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Gardeners, tree climbers, hikers and anyone else can identify poison ivy.—
Eva Flowe
April 24,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Walker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walker. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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