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wandering

[won-der-ing] / ˈwɒn dər ɪŋ /


ADJECTIVE
nomadic
Synonyms


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“I’m really hoping that your industry moves from drug discovery which is kind of like wandering around the forest looking for truffles,” Huang said, in front of a crowd of biotech and pharma investors.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

Growing up in Chicago, he says his earliest memory was being three years old, his parents having just divorced, and wandering out of bed to find his mother alone watching “Yellow Submarine.”

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026

These are the footpaths, bridleways and byways that people are legally entitled to use, even if it means wandering across a farmer's field or other private land.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

And then we started to think about how we wanted something open for wandering, experiencing and dreaming.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

As we’ve established, absolutely no wandering souls would visit Clare’s woods for the next three days.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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