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nomadic

[noh-mad-ik] / noʊˈmæd ɪk /


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The nomadic Fulani and Tuareg communities have been particularly targeted, often accused of links to jihadists or separatists.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

But for a generation navigating a nomadic job market and a heavy social calendar of weddings and travel, it helps to reframe that survival fund as your cash reserve or “opportunity fund.”

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

The Tuaregs, a historically nomadic people present across Mali, Niger, Algeria, Libya and Burkina Faso, have for decades taken up arms to protest at being marginalised, particularly around Kidal.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

Some are vignettes from Ms. Phillips’s early years, while others speak of her nomadic young adulthood, her parents’ divorce and their deaths, and her own experiences as a mother.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Hence nomadic hunter-gatherer societies have few or no such full-time specialists, who instead first appear in sedentary societies.

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




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