as in hunter
a member of a culture in which people hunt animals and look for plants to eat instead of growing crops and raising animals
a tribe of hunter-gatherers
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Recent Examples of hunter-gatherer
Desperate to save her daughter, Bea enters into a volunteer study to live as a hunter-gatherer in the Wilderness State.
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Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
Early hunter-gatherers had multiple gene copies, but early European farmers saw a surge in the average number of AMY1 copies over the past 4,000 years.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Oct. 2024
These ancient hunter-gatherers also depended on the cenotes as a water source, and probably for shelter as well.
—Martin Broen, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Oct. 2024
South American hunter-gatherers have alternated rest days with days full of movement for eons.
—Matt Fuchs, TIME, 30 Sep. 2024
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Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
Early hunter-gatherers had multiple gene copies, but early European farmers saw a surge in the average number of AMY1 copies over the past 4,000 years.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Oct. 2024
These ancient hunter-gatherers also depended on the cenotes as a water source, and probably for shelter as well.
—Martin Broen, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Oct. 2024
South American hunter-gatherers have alternated rest days with days full of movement for eons.
—Matt Fuchs, TIME, 30 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for hunter-gatherer
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“Hunter-gatherer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunter-gatherer. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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