as in whim
a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action
a frequent victim to the vagrancies of the heart, she had a succession of passionate but short-lived romances
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The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear an appeal challenging a judicial ruling that established a de facto constitutional right to vagrancy.
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The Editorial Board, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2024
Tingley found that during fall migrations, geomagnetic disturbances were strongly associated with vagrancy.
—Maddie Bender, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
For local voters, the councilman said, easy access to marijuana conjures up associations with elevated crime and vagrancy.
—John Aguilar, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2024
In the other study, in Scientific Reports, ecologist Morgan Tingley of the University of California, Los Angeles, correlated bird vagrancy with geomagnetic disturbances and solar activity.
—Maddie Bender, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
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The Editorial Board, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2024
Tingley found that during fall migrations, geomagnetic disturbances were strongly associated with vagrancy.
—Maddie Bender, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
For local voters, the councilman said, easy access to marijuana conjures up associations with elevated crime and vagrancy.
—John Aguilar, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2024
In the other study, in Scientific Reports, ecologist Morgan Tingley of the University of California, Los Angeles, correlated bird vagrancy with geomagnetic disturbances and solar activity.
—Maddie Bender, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
See all Example Sentences for vagrancy
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“Vagrancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vagrancy. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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