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Definition of sojournsnext
plural of sojourn
as in visits
a temporary residing as another's guest spent a relaxing sojourn in her friend's summer home

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sojourns

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verb

present tense third-person singular of sojourn
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
Noun
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
Noun
  • The Delta Dental of Arizona Foundation’s 2023 report found that nearly four in ten Arizonans without dental insurance skip visits due to cost, and another 39 percent cite the inability to afford extra out-of-pocket expenses.
    Sixteen Ramos, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
  • That's because those pieces influence whether a story reaches beyond the core audience and earns return visits later that day.
    Malana VanTyler, Ascend Agency, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Lenovo positions it as a personal ambient intelligence that stays present across devices instead of living inside individual apps.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Purchasing a hard-drive bag will help ensure that your HDD or SSD stays safely intact during transit or in storage.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026

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“Sojourns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sojourns. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.

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