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itinerant

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


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Also according to legend, there was a mild-mannered, nurturant, exception: John Chapman, the itinerant Swedenborgian Christian preacher and horticulturalist better known as Johnny Appleseed.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Adams had an itinerant upbringing, spending a formative part of his early years in Europe before moving to Ohio, where he attended high school and college.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 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

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

In all her years of itinerant living, Mia had developed one rule: Don’t get attached.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng




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