as in visit
a coming to see another briefly for social or business reasons the pastor and curate could hardly express how honored they were to receive this visitation from the bishop

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Recent Examples of visitation Twenty-one California prisons — including two facilities near Folsom — are immediately suspending inmate visitations following spikes in drug overdoses and violent attacks on prisoners and officers, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials announced Thursday. Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2025 The state now forecasts a 9.2% overall drop in international visitation and a 4.3% decline in visitor spending for 2025. Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025 He is suspected of killing his daughters after taking them for a scheduled custody visitation. Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 7 June 2025 Her visitation is planned for 2 to 8 p.m. June 24 at the Montclair-Lucania Funeral Home in the Montclare neighborhood on the Northwest Side, police said. Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for visitation
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  • While it could be argued that there’s no bad place to stay in such a dreamy locale, World’s Best Awards voters would be the first to point out that certain touches—like anticipatory service and an expansive slate of programming—can take a visit to this region from wonderful to wow-worthy.
    Sarah Bruning, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2025
  • In Southern California, large warehouses must take steps to reduce the pollution caused by truck visits, either by switching to electric vehicles, installing chargers, or paying into a clean air fund.
    Rambo Talabong, ArsTechnica, 8 July 2025

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“Visitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/visitation. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.

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