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nomad

[noh-mad] / ˈnoʊ mæd /
NOUN
person who wanders from place to place
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Others include the adonis blue butterfly, the armed nomad bee and the red-tailed mason bee, the shining pot beetle and the large scabious mining bee.

From BBC Jun. 13, 2026

Once the nomad larvae hatch, they kill the host bee larvae and consume the stored pollen and nectar intended for the mining bees.

From Science Daily May 28, 2026

However, this nomad only looked like a pauper.

From The Wall Street Journal May 26, 2026

The idea of being a digital nomad with no oversight is romantic, but when your income is project-based or hourly billed, you start feeling like every waking moment you aren’t working is costing you money.

From MarketWatch Mar. 16, 2026

Mostly, pottery is owned by sedentary societies: what nomad wants to carry a collection of heavy pots, as well as weapons and the baby, every time he or she shifts camp?

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

"Entourage was created as a community for digital nomads in Bali to help people who are new to the island connect with others and do fun activities together during their stay," the statement said.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Claudio Ranieri's pizza-loving Leicester nomads stormed to the Premier League summit and, after briefly giving up top spot to Arsenal, surged clear to become 5,000-1-shot winners.

From BBC Apr. 13, 2026

She paid special attention to their hats, digging through historical archives—“there are over 200 types of hats that are worn by Mongolians,” she said—before using the culture of ancient nomads as her creative inspiration.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 6, 2026

Critics have blamed rising rents and the displacement of longtime residents and businesses on a wave of digital nomads and other expatriates from the United States, Canada, Europe and elsewhere.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 22, 2025

They are nomads of the deserts no man can travel.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri




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