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peripatetic

[per-uh-puh-tet-ik] / ˌpɛr ə pəˈtɛt ɪk /


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After spending his peripatetic 20s and 30s as a self-described “almost-successful serial entrepreneur,” he decided to settle down when he turned 40.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

From the peripatetic days bouncing around a handful of clubs and juggling six part-time jobs in the amateur women's football era to juggling endorsements galore as a one-person global brand.

From BBC • May 30, 2025

According to Elaine Godfrey of the Atlantic, that relationship is the one "throughline" in her politically peripatetic career.

From Salon • Jan. 27, 2025

For many athletes retirement means the end of a career; for the peripatetic Donovan, it’s become an opportunity to try out a whole bunch of new ones.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2024

Fischer’s assurances notwithstanding, his peripatetic alpine career was rough on his family.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer




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