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as in to see
to make a social call upon
the club ladies make a point of visiting everyone who moves into the neighborhood
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as in to stay
to reside as a temporary guest
an old friend who comes to visit for a month every summer
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as in to chat
to engage in casual or rambling conversation
tries to visit with her best friend on the phone at least once a week
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as in to haunt
to go to or spend time in often
visit Ireland for a few weeks every year
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as in to call
to make a brief visit
stopped to visit with my father on the way out of town
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as in visitation
a coming to see another briefly for social or business reasons
came by for a quick visit
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Recent Examples of visit
Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 12 Aug. 2025
At the time, the Netherlands National Tourist Office in New York encouraged Americans to visit the country on bikes.
—Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Alex Harring, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2025
In his first visit to the Kennedy Center since becoming chairman, Trump suggested names including Sylvester Stallone, Paul Anka and Johnny Mathis, per The Washington Post, as well as giving posthumous honors and to those outside of entertainment.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2025
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Verb
The three-date affair plans to visit the Sunshine Coast at the end of October, with a pair of dates scheduled across Newcastle and Perth at the start of November.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 12 Aug. 2025
At the time, the Netherlands National Tourist Office in New York encouraged Americans to visit the country on bikes.
—Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
Tan's visit appeared to satisfy Intel investors, with shares of the company rising nearly 3% before the bell.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2025
In his first visit to the Kennedy Center since becoming chairman, Trump suggested names including Sylvester Stallone, Paul Anka and Johnny Mathis, per The Washington Post, as well as giving posthumous honors and to those outside of entertainment.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for visit
Verb
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The Enquirer reached out to Kings Island following the announcement of the ride's closure to see what would replace Boo Blasters and if the building would be torn down.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
The Enquirer,
13 Aug. 2025
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Try to test the performance of your AI tool against a manual task to see the difference in time spent, performance and quality of output.—
Zoe Lu,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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To stay at Casa Carolina is also to support the hotel's commitment to sustainability, woven through the fabric of its operations in big ways and small.—
Carley Rojas Ávila,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Former Angels' superstar Shohei Ohtani will take the mound for his new Los Angeles club as the Dodgers fight to stay at the top of the NL West standings.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 2025
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The brothers leisurely chatted for the next forty minutes, until the all clear sounded at 0830.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Aug. 2025
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The actor chatted with PEOPLE at the New York premiere for his new Prime Video series, Butterfly, on Tuesday, Aug. 6.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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There was Shawn [Ayers, Amy’s brother] talking about his memories of Amy fading, and how that haunts him, versus how the people who interrogated the boys used their memories against them and manipulated them.—
Cat Cardenas,
Rolling Stone,
10 Aug. 2025
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Spirit Halloween, the ephemeral seasonal retailer that haunts vacant stores nationally each year, will enliven the darkened voids of six suburban Milwaukee stores in September and October.—
Jim Riccioli,
jsonline.com,
9 Aug. 2025
Verb
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However, today most young people rarely call each other.—
Andrea Wigfield,
CNN,
14 Feb. 2023
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Marx himself would call DEI a classic case of ideology, a set of benign-seeming ideas that disguise the workings of the rulers, in this case empowered progressives.—
WSJ,
WSJ,
14 Feb. 2023
Noun
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Tourism officials say Congress wrongly assumed the pricey fee would have little impact on the volume of visitation.—
Suzanne Rowan Kelleher,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The aim is to improve the visitor experience at those areas, but also to address the negative impacts of high visitation including accumulation of trash and human waste, erosion and trampling of native vegetation, proliferation of social trails, graffiti and vandalism.—
John Meyer,
Denver Post,
15 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Ramírez-Garofalo, a young man with dark hair, large forearms, and the beginnings of a goatee, drove and talked fast.—
Eric Lach,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
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Altman and lesser personalities in the AI space often talk this way, making extreme, matter-of-fact proclamations about the future and sounding like kids playing a strategy game.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
18 Aug. 2025
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The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll used to frequent the diner for its fried peanut butter and banana sandwich.—
Korrin Bishop,
Southern Living,
7 Aug. 2025
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The pope, a Chicago native, is said to have frequented the pizzeria before his papacy.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
31 July 2025
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“Visit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/visit. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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