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as in rambling
passing from one topic to another
your decidedly wandering essay loses its punch—stick to one theme
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as in nomadic
traveling from place to place
a wandering carnival that visited small towns all over the South
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as in roaming
to move about from place to place aimlessly
we just went outside and wandered around until it was time to go
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as in trespassing
to commit an offense
we have all wandered from the path of righteousness at least once in our lives
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Recent Examples of wandering
Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025
No wandering unfamiliar streets.
—Lisa Greissinger, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
Liz Regalia, Parents, 28 Oct. 2025
During the Crucible, which is a real-life examine, Cameron's bunkmate, Joshua Jones (Jack Kay), goes missing after wandering off in the middle of the night due to his sleepwalking.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
While the unfinished project remains ambiguous, the viewer catches glimpses of what the plot might have been about, where Jiang's character has grown from a wandering youth to a wealthy entrepreneur.
—Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025
No wandering unfamiliar streets.
—Lisa Greissinger, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
Deliberate mind wandering, where people give themselves the freedom to drift off-subject, allowing their thoughts to take a different course.
—Liz Regalia, Parents, 28 Oct. 2025
During the Crucible, which is a real-life examine, Cameron's bunkmate, Joshua Jones (Jack Kay), goes missing after wandering off in the middle of the night due to his sleepwalking.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wandering
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In the past several years, Edge had filed a string of civil lawsuits with rambling, sometimes conspiratorial claims.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
28 Sep. 2025
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Kiehne was frustrated with the Joneses because the county government wouldn’t grade the dirt road up to his ranch, a rambling territory along the New Mexico border.—
Mitch Moxley,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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Discover a vast territory that was occupied by nomadic peoples for more than 3,000 years.—
Outside,
Outside,
3 Nov. 2025
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As a girl, Smith had fantasized about being from a tribe of nomadic aliens or Native Americans.—
Amy Weiss-Meyer,
The Atlantic,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The set-up inside the circle felt more like a rehearsal space, with the group clustered together while also roaming freely around the stage, playing to different parts of the audience.—
Daniel Dylan Wray,
Pitchfork,
5 Nov. 2025
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In the lead-up to Election Day, Sliwa has only ramped up his campaign, packing his schedule and roaming across all five boroughs.—
Naaman Zhou,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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On Monday, authorities received reports of a shirtless man trespassing at a residence in Bedias – located about 150 miles south of Alvarado – the previous day, the Grimes County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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Hundreds of participants have been charged with crimes ranging from trespassing to assault and seditious conspiracy.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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New this season are nomad-style cooking workshops, starlit movies for younger campers, and sunrise hawk walks.—
Katharina Kotrba,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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At 14, Wuornos gave birth to a son who was placed for adoption, and she was soon pushed out of the home and began drifting and hitchhiking, per the Netflix documentary.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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While the workers, in the trees, stay still, the bull’s looming, drifting presence gives frozen stillness an unambiguous motive and makes moments when people shift and even leap from branch to branch terrifyingly suspenseful.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
30 Oct. 2025
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Yet in practice, America is now collecting billions from importers, much of it falling on carbon-intensive goods and places.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Try to find a place that will block blowing or falling debris.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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The windproof and thermal wool blend fabric is the perfect shell to protect you on the many fall days in Paris, as the whipping wind adds an unexpected cool factor while strolling around town.—
Lane Nieset,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Nov. 2025
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This sighting comes six days after Lawrence kicked off her Halloween celebrations early in New York, where she was spotted strolling around in a black witch hat.—
Kelsey Stewart,
Footwear News,
1 Nov. 2025
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“Wandering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wandering. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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