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as in seeing
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 staying
to reside as a temporary guest
an old friend who comes to visit for a month every summer
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as in chatting
to engage in casual or rambling conversation
tries to visit with her best friend on the phone at least once a week
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as in frequenting
to go to or spend time in often
visit Ireland for a few weeks every year
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as in calling
to make a brief visit
stopped to visit with my father on the way out of town
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Recent Examples of visiting
Salazar was visiting from Pueblo with his two friends that February day.
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Ashley Portillo, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
The setup is meant to give visiting executives a practical sense of how international shoots can be serviced locally and how the regional production ecosystem works in practice.
—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026
And, of course, any publicist would be salivating at all the possible future Dads or Miss Pattersons, maybe even visiting the show from Radcliffe’s own past.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2026
The fact that he had been upgraded to questionable for Thursday night perhaps creates hope for Saturday against the visiting Magic.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2026
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Ashley Portillo, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
The setup is meant to give visiting executives a practical sense of how international shoots can be serviced locally and how the regional production ecosystem works in practice.
—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026
And, of course, any publicist would be salivating at all the possible future Dads or Miss Pattersons, maybe even visiting the show from Radcliffe’s own past.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2026
The fact that he had been upgraded to questionable for Thursday night perhaps creates hope for Saturday against the visiting Magic.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for visiting
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The panel’s members unanimously decided to delay voting on the contract until April 1, citing an interest in seeing the full contract first.—
Elliott Wenzler,
Denver Post,
19 Mar. 2026
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The changes that come from not seeing your bundle of joy every day and managing an evolving relationship, as your kids find their own way, can be emotional and overwhelming.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
18 Mar. 2026
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Several ski resorts are closing much earlier than planned because there isn't enough snow to keep them open, and the temperatures aren't staying low enough to be able to make snow.—
Jesse Sarles,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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But Tatum is staying optimistic.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
23 Mar. 2026
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Before chatting with Deiver, Accurso spoke to Gael, a 5-year-old with significant developmental delays.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
21 Mar. 2026
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At the moment, Conan appeared to be chatting with audience members while standing onstage.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
17 Mar. 2026
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Is frequenting estate sales a form of entertainment for them?—
Abigail Van Buren,
Boston Herald,
15 Mar. 2026
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Born into a family of drag racers, Headrick grew up frequenting a track about 30 minutes from his childhood home in Braidwood, Ill.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
11 Mar. 2026
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Your 9th House of Jaunts wakes as the high-flying Sun embraces dreamy Neptune, calling you to learn, explore, and widen your outlook.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Mar. 2026
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Lynch allegedly then started calling and texting Finn obsessively.—
Katie Houlis,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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In his book The Stalin Cult, the historian Jan Plamper described a group of students, including some World War II veterans, who flipped the Stalin poster in their dorm to face the wall before talking candidly about their wartime experience.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
23 Mar. 2026
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Birol said the agency was talking with countries including Canada and Mexico about increasing the production of crude and oil products.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
23 Mar. 2026
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Nightmarish visions of Ohm’s childhood involving his mother suggest that his personal trauma is also haunting him here, not only the witch that Alby claims to have seen before.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2026
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But there are also surreal, haunting touches – a pair of boots nailed to a tree; a dead man's return; a hellish horizon in flames – that show the past's grip on the imagination.—
David Morgan,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
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Set on a remote Scottish island, the film follows siblings Isla (Rankin) and Sandy (O’Rourke), who spend their days hunting birds, conversing with mythical beings, and fiercely fending off outsiders.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
19 Mar. 2026
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Later at a restaurant, the rest of the Clyburn clan is more engaged with their devices than conversing as a family.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Visiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/visiting. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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