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 When his body was destroyed, as per the folkloric procedure, the vampiric visitations stopped. Robert Eggers, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025 Kidman is set to be the primary residential parent for their two daughters after the divorce, with Urban having set visitation days. Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 16 Oct. 2025 Family visitation would be a huge plus for Combs. Janelle Ash , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2025 Although visitation to the area was slightly higher than last year, travelers may have been more keen to catch a basketball game or a concert than play the baccarat tables. Alex Harring,sarah Min, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for visitation
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visit
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  • Takaichi was expected to raise Japan’s security concerns about Beijing’s military build-up to Trump during his visit.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Their visit was to film material explicitly for this long-term marketing initiative.
    Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025

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“Visitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/visitation. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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