as in visits
a temporary residing as another's guest
spent a relaxing sojourn in her friend's summer home
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as in stays
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 sojourns
Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2025
The pair live together with Peck’s partner in Los Angeles, though Peck is quick to point out that Queenie tends to accompany him in his sojourns out of the Golden State.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 18 Nov. 2025
Eventually, despite Shakespeare’s long sojourns to London to establish his career — the play’s the thing!
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
As mid-term sojourns become more common, adapting housing is less about accommodating a trend and more about modernising systems to match how people now live and work.
—Angelica Krystle Donati, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
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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
The pair live together with Peck’s partner in Los Angeles, though Peck is quick to point out that Queenie tends to accompany him in his sojourns out of the Golden State.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 18 Nov. 2025
Eventually, despite Shakespeare’s long sojourns to London to establish his career — the play’s the thing!
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
As mid-term sojourns become more common, adapting housing is less about accommodating a trend and more about modernising systems to match how people now live and work.
—Angelica Krystle Donati, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sojourns
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The tournament — and course — owes much of its rich history to Tiger Woods, who made annual visits to Torrey throughout his career.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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Investigators and court records have raised concerns about childcare providers that refused inspections, failed to respond to scheduled visits, and reported enrollment numbers that did not align with reality.—
Jennifer Nassour,
Boston Herald,
27 Jan. 2026
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But there is now no clear path to funding DHS, or the rest of the government, if the funding stays joined after the shooting of Pretti.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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The woman, known by locals as Bobbi, often stays near Evans Food Mart.—
Trevor Sochocki,
CBS News,
25 Jan. 2026
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“Sojourns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sojourns. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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