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itinerant

[ahy-tin-er-uhnt, ih-tin-] / aɪˈtɪn ər ənt, ɪˈtɪn- /


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Ms. Gerson takes her book’s title from the biblical story of the Exodus—“my father was a wandering Aramean”—to remind us of the itinerant past all humans share.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Police have described the suspect as an "itinerant" worker who had travelled to Australia on multiple occasions between 2019 and 2024, and had addresses in the states of Victoria and New South Wales.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

“My folks had Stanford in mind for me, not an itinerant troubadour. But they could also clearly see that I was following my bliss.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2026

The military is perennially short on pilots, and what animates most young men and women to sign up certainly isn’t the pay or the itinerant lifestyle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

I began to pose a hypothetical question, which I thought expressed insight into Farmer’s itinerant, nomadic life.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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