as in whim
a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action
a frequent victim to the vagrancies of the heart, she had a succession of passionate but short-lived romances
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Tingley found that during fall migrations, geomagnetic disturbances were strongly associated with vagrancy.
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Maddie Bender, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
For local voters, the councilman said, easy access to marijuana conjures up associations with elevated crime and vagrancy.
—John Aguilar, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2024
In the other study, in Scientific Reports, ecologist Morgan Tingley of the University of California, Los Angeles, correlated bird vagrancy with geomagnetic disturbances and solar activity.
—Maddie Bender, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
In the fall and not the spring, more birds drifted with the wind, and geomagnetic disturbances were associated with vagrancy.
—Maddie Bender, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
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Maddie Bender, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
For local voters, the councilman said, easy access to marijuana conjures up associations with elevated crime and vagrancy.
—John Aguilar, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2024
In the other study, in Scientific Reports, ecologist Morgan Tingley of the University of California, Los Angeles, correlated bird vagrancy with geomagnetic disturbances and solar activity.
—Maddie Bender, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
In the fall and not the spring, more birds drifted with the wind, and geomagnetic disturbances were associated with vagrancy.
—Maddie Bender, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
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“Vagrancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vagrancy. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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