as in nomadic
traveling from place to place
a roaming circus that plays small towns across the country
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as in wandering
to move about from place to place aimlessly
he took a year off and roamed over Europe before going on to college
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Recent Examples of roaming
Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Fish and wildlife officials advise people to remove bird feeders until the turkeys leave the area and install sprinklers if the wild fowl keep roaming into yards.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Amid chaotic scenes of masked immigration agents roaming neighborhood streets as protesters blew warning whistles, the operation led to two shootings by agents, including the fatal shooting in Franklin Park of Silverio Villegas Gonzalez in September.
—Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
Then Amber Davidson received an email from Fresno TNR, a nonprofit focused on reducing the number of free-roaming cats in Fresno, California.
—Ryan Brennan
april 27, Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2026
That changed when Amber Davidson received an email from Fresno Trap and Release, a nonprofit focused on reducing the number of free-roaming cats in Fresno, California.
—Ryan Brennan
april 27, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
That changed when Fresno Trap and Release, a nonprofit focused on reducing the number of free-roaming cats in Fresno, California, discovered the stray cat in Madera, California — about 31 miles from Clovis.
—Ryan Brennan
april 27, Charlotte Observer, 27 Apr. 2026
The event featured roaming jugglers and stilt-walkers, face painting, craft stations, costume displays, entertainment from a DJ, and demonstrations from Lyric Opera artists and technicians.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
Percussionist Colin Blanton has spent the past decade quietly roaming the frontier of electronic music with a small rolodex of aliases.
—Maxie Younger, Pitchfork, 21 Apr. 2026
Verb
Celebrate by roaming the stacks after dark at this festival.
—Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Fish and wildlife officials advise people to remove bird feeders until the turkeys leave the area and install sprinklers if the wild fowl keep roaming into yards.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Amid chaotic scenes of masked immigration agents roaming neighborhood streets as protesters blew warning whistles, the operation led to two shootings by agents, including the fatal shooting in Franklin Park of Silverio Villegas Gonzalez in September.
—Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
Then Amber Davidson received an email from Fresno TNR, a nonprofit focused on reducing the number of free-roaming cats in Fresno, California.
—Ryan Brennan
april 27, Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2026
That changed when Amber Davidson received an email from Fresno Trap and Release, a nonprofit focused on reducing the number of free-roaming cats in Fresno, California.
—Ryan Brennan
april 27, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
That changed when Fresno Trap and Release, a nonprofit focused on reducing the number of free-roaming cats in Fresno, California, discovered the stray cat in Madera, California — about 31 miles from Clovis.
—Ryan Brennan
april 27, Charlotte Observer, 27 Apr. 2026
The event featured roaming jugglers and stilt-walkers, face painting, craft stations, costume displays, entertainment from a DJ, and demonstrations from Lyric Opera artists and technicians.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
Percussionist Colin Blanton has spent the past decade quietly roaming the frontier of electronic music with a small rolodex of aliases.
—Maxie Younger, Pitchfork, 21 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roaming
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
Verb
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The visual of a 450-pound llama in a pirate hat wandering past a Starbucks kiosk is, apparently, just a normal Tuesday at PDX.—
Hanna Wickes,
Sacbee.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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The film follows Airi (Hoshi), a wandering medium who spends her life guiding restless spirits out of the world of the living.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
22 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
Verb
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Every once in a while, the TV would display the now ubiquitous images of Suspect One and Suspect Two, who had been caught by surveillance cameras, wearing backpacks and strolling near the finish line moments before the explosions.—
Saïd Sayrafiezadeh,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
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And with its options for kayaking, standup paddleboarding, sailing, and waterskiing—plus a boardwalk for strolling and sandy beaches for relaxing—Mission Bay Park is a great spot for active families.—
Kara Williams,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Hyper-stylized and overtly sinister, the new trailer opens on Dakota Johnson drifting through a shadowy, intimate home wearing a silk robe.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
27 Apr. 2026
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Over 100 radioactive elements, tens of millions of curies, were sent drifting across the continent for 10 days.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Roaming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roaming. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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