nomadic existence

collocation in English

meaningsofnomadicandexistence

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nomadic
adjective
uk
/nəʊˈmæd.ɪk/us
/noʊˈmæd.ɪk/
moving from one place to another rather than living in one place all of ...
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existence
noun
uk
/ɪɡˈzɪs.təns/us
/ɪɡˈzɪs.təns/
the fact of something or ...
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(Definition ofnomadicandexistencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Fourthly, sailors would favour a more permanent relationship with their employer, instead of their presentnomadicexistence.
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A period of declining fortunes and anomadicexistencefollowed.
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Following this, his father took the family to the mountains to live out anomadicexistence.
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They maintained anomadicexistenceand frequently intermarried with other tribes.
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They are said to have acquired the name on account of the fact that they gave their originalnomadicexistenceand settled as agricultural labourers.
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These people were hunter-gatherers and led anomadicexistence.
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Despite this longevity and pedigree, the club led anomadicexistencefor more than 100 years.
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This is currently still under redevelopment and the club had to lead anomadicexistencefor the 2008-9 season.
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As a child, he had anomadicexistence, moving nearly every other year, as the family followed his father's career in the aerospace industry.
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They are not known for theirnomadicexistence.
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Thisnomadicexistenceacross foreign planes hardened them and turned them inexorably toward evil.
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Despres lived anomadicexistencenearly his entire life.
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They took up anomadicexistencemoving from ground to ground over the past twenty years.
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Beneath a pale moon, they light campfires, prepare a meal and sing of the freedom of theirnomadicexistence.
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A few lived anomadicexistencein the deserts and mountains and depended upon hunting and gathering.
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The club has been in continuous existence since 1956, enjoying anomadicexistencebefore settling at their current home in 1975.
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Horse culture enabled tribes to live a completelynomadicexistence, hunting buffalo.
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In the coming decades, as a fallout from this act, a large section of these notified tribes took upnomadicexistence, living on the fringes of the society.
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