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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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noun

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as in stay
a temporary residing as another's guest my aunt always looks forward to her weeklong annual visit with her mother

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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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As a result, Canadian airlines have reduced seat capacity to the U.S., and Palm Springs has hung love letters in its streets to try to tempt Canadians to visit. Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025 For more information about the Bold Beauty Project and to view past exhibitions, visit www.BoldBeautyProject.com or follow @boldbeautyproj on Instagram. Jay’mi Vazquez, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2025
Noun
The controversy over attire comes just two months after Zelensky was criticized and called disrespectful by a reporter at the White House for not wearing a suit during his visit to the Oval Office, with reports suggesting that Trump was annoyed by Zelensky's choice of clothing. Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025 His envoy, Steve Witkoff, had made a visit to Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday. Arkansas Online, 26 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for visit
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Verb
  • Horsetail is a great option for travelers with accessibility concerns, while those who want more can hike to Upper Horsetail Falls and see the cave that’s tucked behind the curtain of water.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Healthcare, industrials, and technology sectors also saw better earnings growth rates last week.
    Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
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  • For First-Class Mail, the current service standard day range of 1-5 days is staying the same, while the day ranges for end-to-end Marketing Mail, Periodicals, and Package Services are being shortened.
    Bonnie Bolden, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Richie Grainge stayed true to her favorite pure: the Loro Piana Extra Pocket.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 28 Apr. 2025
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  • The topic of Rocky and Ri’s sneaky style swapping first came up as the former was chatting about being unafraid to wear traditionally feminine clothing.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 1 May 2025
  • Supporters come to Maiden Castle from 9am on matchdays for tea and bacon sandwiches, to chat and be together.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Verb
  • Ever since Harry brought up Rusby following his brief encounter with him at the nursing home, the corrupt guard has haunted Kev.
    Matt Cabral, EW.com, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Moyes was witnessing a familiar failing come back to haunt Everton.
    Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • However, today most young people rarely call each other.
    Andrea Wigfield, CNN, 14 Feb. 2023
  • 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
  • The obituary adds that a visitation service is set for Tuesday, April 29, and a funeral mass is set for Wednesday, April 30.
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • In fact, visitation to downtown Colorado Springs has doubled just in the past five years, which is stunning.
    Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
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  • At private dinners throughout Rome and at formal gatherings of hundreds of cardinals, talk among church leaders of who will next lead the church has certainly already begun.
    Michael Loria, USA Today, 3 May 2025
  • Some professors didn’t understand how to talk with audiences and were criticized for their monotone deliveries.
    Josh Shepperd, The Conversation, 2 May 2025
Verb
  • Our Guide to Black Mountain West Jefferson West Jefferson is in the northwestern part of North Carolina, which borders Tennessee and Virginia, meaning that folks from several states frequent the area for its wealth of things to do.
    Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 20 Apr. 2025
  • As with most who frequent the course, Charis looks to some of the top players for influence on her form.
    Andy Frye, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025

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“Visit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/visit. Accessed 7 May. 2025.

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