as in nomadic
traveling from place to place
a peripatetic reporter for a cable news network
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Image The couple lived a peripatetic life, first in Lyme Center, N.H., and then in upstate New York.
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Clay Risen, New York Times, 4 June 2024
Born in Forest Hills, N.Y., Freedman had a peripatetic upbringing as his father, a pathologist, frequently changed jobs and often felt aggrieved.
—Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2024
The organizers of Manifesta have announced the program and named the eighty-five artists and collectives participating in the peripatetic biennial’s fifteenth iteration, set to take place in Barcelona September 8–November 24.
—News Desk, Artforum, 27 June 2024
When the show came out, Murray was living in upstate New York, but his childhood had been peripatetic: his father was a Veterans Affairs psychologist, and his mother was a British war bride.
—Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker, 15 June 2024
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Clay Risen, New York Times, 4 June 2024
Born in Forest Hills, N.Y., Freedman had a peripatetic upbringing as his father, a pathologist, frequently changed jobs and often felt aggrieved.
—Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2024
The organizers of Manifesta have announced the program and named the eighty-five artists and collectives participating in the peripatetic biennial’s fifteenth iteration, set to take place in Barcelona September 8–November 24.
—News Desk, Artforum, 27 June 2024
When the show came out, Murray was living in upstate New York, but his childhood had been peripatetic: his father was a Veterans Affairs psychologist, and his mother was a British war bride.
—Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker, 15 June 2024
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“Peripatetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peripatetic. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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