as in nomadic
traveling from place to place
a wayfaring folksinger
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Recent Examples of wayfaring
With the start of the 2026 growing season inching closer, many seasoned gardeners of ornamental perennial and flower beds may be interested in expanding their horizons, venturing into the wonderful, wayfaring, wistful world of vegetable gardening.
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Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2026
An analysis of a quarry containing unfinished statues showed how wayfaring Polynesians created the massive stone heads found across Rapa Nui, or Easter Island.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 23 Dec. 2025
Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2026
An analysis of a quarry containing unfinished statues showed how wayfaring Polynesians created the massive stone heads found across Rapa Nui, or Easter Island.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 23 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wayfaring
Adjective
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Manifesta, the nomadic European biennial launched in 1996, is losing its founding director, Hedwig Fijen.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
4 May 2026
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Unlike my nomadic parents, who moved every few years, Channing’s family had settled in this town with a large Korean community and put down roots.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
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Dinners take place in traditional nomad tents around the communal fire pit, and range from steaming hot pots with yak meat, mushrooms and tofu to haute-Tibetan tasting menus with wild vegetables in corn foam, tsampa grissini, and lamb shoulder with yak yogurt glaze and salsa verde.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Apr. 2026
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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
Cite this Entry
“Wayfaring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wayfaring. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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