as in nomadic
traveling from place to place
a peripatetic reporter for a cable news network
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Born in Forest Hills, N.Y., Freedman had a peripatetic upbringing as his father, a pathologist, frequently changed jobs and often felt aggrieved.
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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
His 12 years in the Senate is by far the longest stop in a peripatetic career: Elected to the state House at age 25, the state Senate at 29, the U.S. House at 33 and the U.S. Senate at 39.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2024
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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
His 12 years in the Senate is by far the longest stop in a peripatetic career: Elected to the state House at age 25, the state Senate at 29, the U.S. House at 33 and the U.S. Senate at 39.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2024
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“Peripatetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peripatetic. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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