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
Matt O'Brien, Fortune, 3 Jan. 2026
Those logs showed that Clinton and his entourage had taken four international sojourns in 2002 and 2003 on the financier's Boeing 727 to locations including Bangkok, Brunei, Rwanda, Russia, China and elsewhere.
—Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2025
Tom Mullen, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
Last year, a male snake traveled a 40-mile loop in six months, sojourning from a breeding aggregation on a levee just west of Miramar, all the way to the border of Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area and back to the same general area west of Miramar.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2024
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Noun
The airline responded and booked them on another flight leaving next Saturday, turning the Levines’ weeklong New Year’s holiday into a two-week sojourn.
—Matt O'Brien, Fortune, 3 Jan. 2026
Those logs showed that Clinton and his entourage had taken four international sojourns in 2002 and 2003 on the financier's Boeing 727 to locations including Bangkok, Brunei, Rwanda, Russia, China and elsewhere.
—Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2025
Verb
Spend afternoon away from crowds with lower key activities; café time or sojourning in a park.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
Last year, a male snake traveled a 40-mile loop in six months, sojourning from a breeding aggregation on a levee just west of Miramar, all the way to the border of Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area and back to the same general area west of Miramar.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sojourn
Noun
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Like many nations across the world, Australia has experienced sharp divisions over Israel’s war in Gaza that have spilled into protests – with more planned in as many as 30 cities nationwide on Monday to mark Herzog’s visit.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
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His office described the visit as part of a broader push to expand cooperation beyond security into trade, investment, education and development.—
NINIEK KARMINI,
Arkansas Online,
8 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Staff at Bloomberg last week also circulated a 2003 email from top editor John Micklethwait to Ghislane Maxwell in which Micklethwait asked to stay at her house while visiting New York.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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Many Democrats, however, are staying focused on health care, an issue that was once a political liability but has become foundational for the party in recent elections.—
ALI SWENSON,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Sojourn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sojourn. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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