as in nomadic
traveling from place to place
an itinerant musician can see a lot of the world
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Recent Examples of itinerant
Bison are at risk of losing the landscape continuity needed for sustaining their lifestyle of itinerant forage.
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Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 20 Mar. 2026
The itinerant festival launched in Kazakhstan, Central Asia in 2023 and expanded to Indonesia, Southeast Asia in 2024.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 12 Mar. 2026
The artist, who was born in 1985 in Shanghai, has actively chosen an itinerant existence to reach beyond familiar horizons of both life and art, before eventually establishing a base in New York in late summer 2024.
—Li Qi, Artforum, 6 Mar. 2026
The Fire have been something of an itinerant franchise for much of their nearly three-decade history.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026
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Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 20 Mar. 2026
The itinerant festival launched in Kazakhstan, Central Asia in 2023 and expanded to Indonesia, Southeast Asia in 2024.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 12 Mar. 2026
The artist, who was born in 1985 in Shanghai, has actively chosen an itinerant existence to reach beyond familiar horizons of both life and art, before eventually establishing a base in New York in late summer 2024.
—Li Qi, Artforum, 6 Mar. 2026
The Fire have been something of an itinerant franchise for much of their nearly three-decade history.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for itinerant
Adjective
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Here, nomadic families still move across the plains with their herds of yak and sheep, and concrete-and-steel settlements are few and far in between.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Apr. 2026
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Founded in 2000 in the living room of translator Olivia Sears, the Center has long been a nomadic institution with no static address.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
15 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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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
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“Itinerant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/itinerant. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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