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
The technology has certainly come a long way from when Inuit hunter-gatherers used to wear caribou antlers carved with thin slits in order to prevent snow blindness.
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Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 21 Feb. 2025
The fact that hunter-gatherers built Poverty Point challenges conventional ideas about early civilizations.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 8 Feb. 2025
Now, scientists say most of the mammoths used to build the site were female, which suggests the Ice Age hunter-gatherers were hunting or scavenging from herds, rather than trapping lone males.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Feb. 2025
But the new findings add to the growing picture of how Ice Age hunter-gatherers behaved—and survived—amid challenging weather conditions and frigid temperatures.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Feb. 2025
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Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 21 Feb. 2025
The fact that hunter-gatherers built Poverty Point challenges conventional ideas about early civilizations.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 8 Feb. 2025
Now, scientists say most of the mammoths used to build the site were female, which suggests the Ice Age hunter-gatherers were hunting or scavenging from herds, rather than trapping lone males.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Feb. 2025
But the new findings add to the growing picture of how Ice Age hunter-gatherers behaved—and survived—amid challenging weather conditions and frigid temperatures.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hunter-gatherer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hunter-gatherer
hunter
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The documentary focuses on the influence Kingsbury had on the film, from both behind and in front of the camera, as the embodiment of Robert Shaw’s iconic shark hunter, Quint.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
6 June 2025
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With Badlands set to closely follow the adventures of a young Predator hunter trying to prove himself, this feels like only the beginning for an on-screen expansion of these aliens' history and culture.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
6 June 2025
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“Hunter-gatherer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunter-gatherer. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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