as in to stay
to reside as a temporary guest
began their retirement by leisurely sojourning with friends and relatives scattered across the country
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Recent Examples of sojourn
Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 21 Feb. 2025
Such a partnership could be seen as a logical next step to the role Noah Horowitz played during his sojourn at the auction house.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 14 Mar. 2025
Michael S. Williamson, Washington Post, 22 June 2024
From inside Epstein's enigmatic waterfront temple to the pristine beaches, pools, and cabanas scattered across his 71-acres of prime archipelagic real estate, the data compiled by Near captures the movements of scores of people who sojourned at Little St. James as early as July 2016.
—Dhruv Mehrotra, WIRED, 28 Mar. 2024
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Noun
Justin Verlander, who returned to the team in 2023 after a brief sojourn with the Mets, signed with the San Francisco Giants after barely featuring down the stretch in 2024 thanks to injuries.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 21 Feb. 2025
Such a partnership could be seen as a logical next step to the role Noah Horowitz played during his sojourn at the auction house.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
Civil rights tourism had been a boon to the state economy — 4 in 10 visitors come to the state to see the civil rights sites in Montgomery, 2 in 10 go to 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, according to the state tourism bureau — but his city offered little to those who sojourned there.
—Michael S. Williamson, Washington Post, 22 June 2024
From inside Epstein's enigmatic waterfront temple to the pristine beaches, pools, and cabanas scattered across his 71-acres of prime archipelagic real estate, the data compiled by Near captures the movements of scores of people who sojourned at Little St. James as early as July 2016.
—Dhruv Mehrotra, WIRED, 28 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sojourn
Noun
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Health systems are using these tools to document patient visits, allowing doctors to have natural conversations with patients rather than typing notes on a computer.—
Gil Press,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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Penn learned the story of how her grandmother escaped in 2022 during a visit to her mother’s bank locker, where she was invited to select a piece of jewelry: a tiny flat piece of gold in the shape of a mermaid.—
Sadiya Ansari Spandita Malik,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
Verb
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For First-Class Mail, the current service standard day range of 1-5 days is staying the same, while the day ranges for end-to-end Marketing Mail, Periodicals, and Package Services are being shortened.—
Bonnie Bolden,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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Neither is fleet afoot, and there are warranted worries about Ewers’ ability to stay healthy for prolonged stretches.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Sojourn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sojourn. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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