1
a
: not restricted as to location or area of concern
b
: capable of being shifted from place to place : mobile
2
: inclined to ramble or stray
a roving fancy
: a slightly twisted roll or strand of usually textile fibers
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Adjective
a roving substitute teacher who works in a different district every day
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Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 10 Mar. 2024
Curate Your Adventure ArtWorks created this new roving festival, which takes place over the course of one day at three unique venues.
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In addition, the proposal calls for placing at least one safety officer at every middle school and hiring two more roving officers to elementary schools.
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Adjective
Ironically, this teleporting spike ends up a roving metaphor, too malleable and too removed to echo the characters in the foreground.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 10 Mar. 2024
Curate Your Adventure ArtWorks created this new roving festival, which takes place over the course of one day at three unique venues.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 7 June 2023
In addition, the proposal calls for placing at least one safety officer at every middle school and hiring two more roving officers to elementary schools.
—oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
Kevol worked for many years curating dining experiences as part of a band of roving chefs.
—Jeryl Brunner, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
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“Roving.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roving. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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