as in visits
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 visitations
The aliens’ ability to take on the forms of stags, foxes and cardinals is also in line with what experiencers have reported about their visitations.
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Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
13 June 2026
In the new film, a shadowy government organization, not a handful of ethically minded scientists, tries to hide the existence and terrestrial visitations of aliens.
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Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
12 June 2026
Some were denied visitations and phone calls.
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Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
The division houses secret evidence of UAPs and nonhuman visitations to Earth dating back to the Nixon administration.
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David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
9 June 2026
The Colorado Department of Corrections has lifted its suspension on visitations at all facilities statewide except one after a 27-year-old inmate and a 59-year-old inmate were killed and another was injured in an incident over the weekend at a southern Colorado prison.
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Jesse Sarles,
CBS News,
8 June 2026
In short, there is no truly meaningful evidence here for aliens, alien visitations, alien abductions, or anything like that.
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Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
8 May 2026
Attendance at domestic parks did ease 1% but the company attributed that to the lingering impact of slower international visitations and competition from Universal’s Epic Universe, which opened in Orlando last May.
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Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
6 May 2026
If the visitations are already drawing comparisons to blockbuster films, though, Hollywood seems like a natural fit.
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Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
25 Apr. 2026
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
13 June 2026
In the new film, a shadowy government organization, not a handful of ethically minded scientists, tries to hide the existence and terrestrial visitations of aliens.
—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
12 June 2026
Some were denied visitations and phone calls.
—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
The division houses secret evidence of UAPs and nonhuman visitations to Earth dating back to the Nixon administration.
—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
9 June 2026
The Colorado Department of Corrections has lifted its suspension on visitations at all facilities statewide except one after a 27-year-old inmate and a 59-year-old inmate were killed and another was injured in an incident over the weekend at a southern Colorado prison.
—
Jesse Sarles,
CBS News,
8 June 2026
In short, there is no truly meaningful evidence here for aliens, alien visitations, alien abductions, or anything like that.
—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
8 May 2026
Attendance at domestic parks did ease 1% but the company attributed that to the lingering impact of slower international visitations and competition from Universal’s Epic Universe, which opened in Orlando last May.
—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
6 May 2026
If the visitations are already drawing comparisons to blockbuster films, though, Hollywood seems like a natural fit.
—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
25 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for visitations
visits
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Since King Charles' accession to the British throne in 2022, Prince William and Kate Middleton have routinely been the first royals to greet visiting dignitaries for state visits.
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Curated by Our Editors Assuming NASA can pull off the necessary technological advances to get SkyFall flying on the Red Planet, the helicopters will likely deliver new discoveries about Mars and may even inform future human visits.
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“Visitations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/visitations. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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