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
For context, areas managed by the National Park Service received a record-breaking 332 million visitations last year.
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Ignacio Calderon, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
When his body was destroyed, as per the folkloric procedure, the vampiric visitations stopped.
—Robert Eggers, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
Both Ahmed and Karia spoke of family members having seen ghosts at funeral ceremonies, which made sense of the visitations Hamlet’s father makes after death.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
Ignacio Calderon, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
When his body was destroyed, as per the folkloric procedure, the vampiric visitations stopped.
—Robert Eggers, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
Both Ahmed and Karia spoke of family members having seen ghosts at funeral ceremonies, which made sense of the visitations Hamlet’s father makes after death.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for visitations
visits
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Throw in an attempt to help part of Illinois secede and join the Hoosier state and visits from everyone from Tucker Carlson to JD Vance, and 2025 has shaped up to be quite a barn burner.—
Hayleigh Colombo,
IndyStar,
24 Oct. 2025
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During those visits, Ray and Alex took an interest in dance — getting up onstage with the park’s performers and talking with them after the shows.—
Shannon Pettypiece,
NBC news,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Visitations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/visitations. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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