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wandering

[won-der-ing] / ˈwɒn dər ɪŋ /


ADJECTIVE
nomadic
Synonyms


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This network seems to engage with our self-referential thinking and autobiographical memory—the sorts of things we think about when we are at rest, our minds wandering.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

The Los Angeles River was still pretty much what it had been for eons: a wandering river of the West, often nothing more than damp wetlands in summer, but quickening into rushwaters in winter.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

In video clips, Dion is seen wandering in a desert.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

“I kept kind of moving around with my arms outstretched and I almost got hit by a car wandering into the street,” he wrote.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

I pushed away my wandering agonies and shot Ethan a smile.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Inside this edition, Cranach's map presents the stations of the wilderness wanderings and the division of the Promised Land into twelve tribal regions.

From Science Daily Nov. 30, 2025

Ms. Orlean has gleaned many of her ideas from serendipitous wanderings around city neighborhoods.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 10, 2025

Susie, who is somewhat of a local celebrity in Dorchester, Dorset, has become so popular that an illustrated book has been published about her wanderings.

From BBC Jun. 6, 2025

Francis, meanwhile, continued his anthropological wanderings, carrying whatever insights or regrets he gained from that night into his studies of other cultures' sacred rituals.

From Salon Apr. 19, 2025

“No, no, it was my fault, I’m afraid. I kept your boy here listening to the wanderings of an old lady.”

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep




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