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 As part of that agreement, Decker was granted three hours of visitation with the girls every Friday, and an additional eight hours every other weekend. Chris Spargo, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025 McLaughlin previously said in a statement that the facility will offer legal representation, a law library, access to visitation, medical treatment and recreational space. Kimmy Yam, NBC news, 20 Aug. 2025 The plaintiffs also argued that, though the government has begun allowing in-person visitation by attorneys to meet their clients, the state has been slow in responding to requests for visits and records the phone calls and videoconferences detainees have with their attorneys. Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for visitation
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visit
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  • Although not yet confirmed, the American team is expected to make a scouting visit to Bethpage Black following their appearance at the Silverado Resort.
    Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • After her first three babies came home, Ness kept up her daily visits to the hospital, bundling up her infants to sit with their sister.
    Jeff Truesdell, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Visitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/visitation. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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