as in visit
a coming to see another briefly for social or business reasons
the pastor and curate could hardly express how honored they were to receive this visitation from the bishop
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Recent Examples of visitation
At Schoedinger Funeral Home, where temperatures hovered around 30 degrees with occasional snow flurries, mourners began arriving shortly after the noon visitation opened.
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Stephen Sorace , Adam Sabes , Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 11 Jan. 2026
The child and his brother were visiting their dad, Jameson Kyle Boley, as part of his allotted five days of visitation for the year, Smith said, NBC News reported.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
Fine-art style posters, flowery marketing and the promise of in-person spectacle, along with industry renown, helped drive visitation to 100,000 people by 1927 — an at least 10-fold increase since its founding.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 7 Jan. 2026
State visitation holds steady Visit Lauderdale’s plunge into the global spotlight came as Visit Florida, the statewide tourism agency, announced a relatively modest year-over-year increase for statewide visitation in the third quarter of this year.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2026
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Stephen Sorace , Adam Sabes , Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 11 Jan. 2026
The child and his brother were visiting their dad, Jameson Kyle Boley, as part of his allotted five days of visitation for the year, Smith said, NBC News reported.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
Fine-art style posters, flowery marketing and the promise of in-person spectacle, along with industry renown, helped drive visitation to 100,000 people by 1927 — an at least 10-fold increase since its founding.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 7 Jan. 2026
State visitation holds steady Visit Lauderdale’s plunge into the global spotlight came as Visit Florida, the statewide tourism agency, announced a relatively modest year-over-year increase for statewide visitation in the third quarter of this year.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for visitation
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The blueprints were publicly unredacted Monday by The Telegraph, just one week before Prime Minister Keir Starmer is widely expected to approve the plans before his visit to see President Xi Jinping in China.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
14 Jan. 2026
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Scattered visits to free clinics notwithstanding, Guevara hadn’t had a full medical checkup in years.—
Kff Health News,
Oc Register,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Visitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/visitation. Accessed 24 Jan. 2026.
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