as in stayed
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 sojourned
The young woman who sojourned to Oberlin College, where she was wrongfully accused of poisoning her classmates and beaten half to death, who raised her hands in defense of herself, then went on to grip clay and rock and chisel to re-create visions of justice.
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Tyehimba Jess, ARTnews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
Tyehimba Jess, ARTnews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sojourned
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Through the torso, the fit stayed close before the skirt dropped from the waist in a full bell shape, holding its rounded line in the original fall 2026 styling and on Holmes.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
8 May 2026
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The 55-year-old driver stayed at the scene of the collision in Borough Park.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
8 May 2026
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Espada and a team trainer visited the mound during the inning’s second at-bat.—
Matt Kawahara,
Houston Chronicle,
7 May 2026
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The first two were a Dutch husband and wife who had visited sites on a birdwatching trip in Argentina where a species of rat known to carry the Andes strain was present.—
Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
7 May 2026
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“Sojourned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sojourned. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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