homestay

noun

Definition of homestaynext
as in field trip

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Recent Examples of homestay In the Seventies, the World Esperanto Youth Organization began compiling a global contact list of Esperantists willing to host other speakers for free homestays. — Katie Thornton, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026 On the Peruvian side, travelers can visit the Uros floating islands, the artificial islets woven from totora reeds and home to communities that have lived here for centuries, then settle into a rustic homestay at Amantaní for a quieter look at life on the lake. — Carla Vianna, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2026 There are heaps of hotels, hostels, and homestays in Hạ Long for around $15 a night. — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2026 Since launching with just one homestay in Panauti in 2012, CHN has grown to more than 200 properties in 18 communities. — The Editors, Outside, 18 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for homestay
Recent Examples of Synonyms for homestay
  1. field trip
  2. stay
  3. sojourn
  4. visit
  5. sleepover
Noun
  • Milly liked the careful way Val took notes and photographs on their field trips.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • All three incidents happened during a field trip to the Morgan Hill Aquatic Center in June, police said.
    — Jason Green, Mercury News, 30 July 2026
Definition of field trip
Noun
  • His collaboration with big companies to make sure that everything from groceries to rent stay sky high.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • In the guest book, in 2024, a guest creatively wrote a six-entry (three days and three nights) account of their stay there, a descent into madness at the hands of the structure’s steady creaking and the sounds of twigs snapping in the woods below.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of stay
Noun
  • The resulting book, a deliberately meandering account of her Steel City sojourn, weds memoir, travelogue, philosophical rumination and journalistic investigation.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
  • His Instagram page is packed with stunning photos from the actor’s sojourns, including Stonehenge, Gettysburg, South Africa, Egypt, and Poland.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
Definition of sojourn
Noun
  • Novo co-founder Michael Rangel notes that even during COVID-19, large banks often required in-person visits.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also left Friday for a one-day visit to Saudi Arabia, where he is expected to meet with MBS and the Pakistani prime minister, according to Turkey’s state media Anadolu Agency.
    — Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of visit
Noun
  • Branches across the city are hosting story times (including a sleepover for your kids’ stuffies), craft classes, neighborhood clean-ups, parties, children’s theater, movies, and even a clothes swap.
    — Jennifer Day, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Kris and Billy watch that one together in an intimate sleepover, sinking into the murky texture of a scene in which the virginal actor allowed a jerk to take off her clothes.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of sleepover

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“Homestay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homestay. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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