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present tense third-person singular of visit
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as in sees
to make a social call upon the club ladies make a point of visiting everyone who moves into the neighborhood

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noun

plural of visit
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as in sojourns
a temporary residing as another's guest my aunt always looks forward to her weeklong annual visit with her mother

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as in visitations
a coming to see another briefly for social or business reasons came by for a quick visit

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Recent Examples of visits
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In the wake of a hurricane, Douglas visits Wortzel in a dream, catalyzing a prismatic journey across the Everglades with Miccosukee educator and activist Betty Osceola and interweaving Douglas’ writing with personal narration, present-day verité and rare archival footage. Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025 What to Know Saudi Arabia hopes to finalize the deal when MBS visits the White House next month. Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025 The episode also featured a parody of Thiel, who visits South Park Elementary to deliver an over-the-top presentation about how the Antichrist is coming. Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025 Some fans on social media speculated that the pop star’s T-shirt might be a subtle jab at Swift, who frequently visits Kansas City with her fiancé, Travis Kelce. Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 12 Oct. 2025 Alma also visits her aging parents and tearfully tells them about said great love affair. Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2025 Then the film cuts to a scene in which Leigh visits Jeffrey in prison shortly after he’s recaptured. Theoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 10 Oct. 2025 Shortly before midnight on New Year’s Eve, a son of missionaries visits a scenic overlook near the Los Angeles coast. Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025 Set against a stunning backdrop inspired by Ancient Greece, from boulder-rolling challenges inspired by Sisyphus to tense encounters with Medusa’s gaze, every quest determines the players that earn the strategic power to decide who visits Pandora’s Box. Leo Barraclough, Variety, 8 Oct. 2025
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Realize the Saints have come marching into Soldier Field on four consecutive visits to Chicago and left with a victory. Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025 With one son only seeing me for 45 min in the past 5 years and the other with only 4 visits in the past 5 years. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2025 Money earned from these collectibles, as well as from flash book sales, enable the Friends group to provide various programs for children and adults, fund author visits, purchase equipment and supply raffle prizes for children’s reading programs and refreshments for monthly book discussions. Sharon Hlapcich, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025 For the Princess and Prince of Wales’ initial visits earlier in the day, Middleton revisited one of her go-to designers and wardrobe staples. Julia Teti, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025 Vedam grew up in State College, Pennsylvania, returning to India only for occasional visits. Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025 Michelin Guide top hotels Michelin’s inspectors evaluate hotels via anonymous stays or visits, according to the company’s website. Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2025 In April, Sutton noticed Aetna was downcoding higher complexity office visits. Kenzi Abou-Sabe, NBC news, 9 Oct. 2025 Returned to work earlier than recommended When Baker fell and severely broke her ankle in February 2023, that led to several emergency room visits, as well as two surgeries and five days in the hospital for the pulmonary embolism. Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for visits
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  • Cifuentes sees a bright future for the club, with academy graduates Jeremy Monga, Louis Page, Jake Evans and Silko Thomas giving him options in the face of restrictions on recruitment.
    Rob Tanner, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • For some limited cases, Akamai sees a competitive advantage in building in-house AI tools.
    John Kell, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
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  • Unchecked policing power never stays contained.
    Josiah Bates, Time, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Here, find Vogue’s guide to the very best hotels in Venice, from glittering palace stays to under-the-radar design gems.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2025
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  • One of the three new global ambassadors for BOSS Bottled Beyond, Maluma chats behind-the-scenes of shooting the new campaign with Bradley Cooper and Vinicius Júnior.
    Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Below, Dev Hynes chats with Billboard about how his new Blood Orange record came together, and how aging and nostalgia inspired his rawest album yet.
    Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Verb
  • High school haunts everyone in one way or another.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
  • In 1944’s The Uninvited, the unwelcome force that haunts our protagonists and their new home is the power of desire itself.
    Samantha Allen, Them., 7 Oct. 2025
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  • The impact of individual protests and boycotts is difficult to measure, but Israeli producers and filmmakers agree that calls to isolate the Israeli industry have been broadly successful.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
  • That calls for a little extra creativity from its mom — and the movie’s narrator (Emilia Clarke) — who wriggles her mandibles and gets to work embellishing upon what Dahl imagined.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Eventually, despite Shakespeare’s long sojourns to London to establish his career — the play’s the thing!
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
  • As mid-term sojourns become more common, adapting housing is less about accommodating a trend and more about modernising systems to match how people now live and work.
    Angelica Krystle Donati, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • 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
Verb
  • Cory Doctorow talks to Amy Goodman about Enshittification.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The Dalai Lama, the highest spiritual leader and head of Tibetan Buddhism, talks directly to the camera about inner peace and happiness.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025

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