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as in to see
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 to stay
to reside as a temporary guest
an old friend who comes to visit for a month every summer
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as in to chat
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 to haunt
to go to or spend time in often
visit Ireland for a few weeks every year
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as in to call
to make a brief visit
stopped to visit with my father on the way out of town
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as in visitation
a coming to see another briefly for social or business reasons
came by for a quick visit
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Recent Examples of visit
Katie Nixon, The Tennessean, 7 July 2025
For instance, the post-show dinner, once reserved for press, has now become de rigueur for visiting VICs and their sales associates, who accompany them at every stage of the trip — and nothing is left to chance.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 7 July 2025
Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 8 July 2025
But after a dozen unanswered calls over two months and a visit to the storefront in Menomonee Falls, Ebinger started to worry the business had closed.
—Gina Lee Castro, jsonline.com, 8 July 2025
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Verb
For more information about Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee Career Solutions Centers, donation and retail stores and more, visit giveit2goodwill.org or call 1-800-545-9231.
—Katie Nixon, The Tennessean, 7 July 2025
For instance, the post-show dinner, once reserved for press, has now become de rigueur for visiting VICs and their sales associates, who accompany them at every stage of the trip — and nothing is left to chance.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 7 July 2025
Noun
During that visit, Netanyahu also met with Senate Majority Leader John Thune and a bipartisan group of senators.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 8 July 2025
But after a dozen unanswered calls over two months and a visit to the storefront in Menomonee Falls, Ebinger started to worry the business had closed.
—Gina Lee Castro, jsonline.com, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for visit
Verb
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According to statements from camp officials and survivors, Eastland was last seen leading a group of girls from a cabin trying to get them to safety.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
8 July 2025
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Chicago O’Hare, one of the world’s busiest airports, saw nearly 114,000 passengers, also a record.—
Frank Holmes,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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Come for the food, stay for the desserts and then finally the relatives.—
Sherry Kuehl,
Kansas City Star,
9 July 2025
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While no people in the area have tested positive, city leaders are urging locals to stay cautious.—
Marina Johnson,
The Courier-Journal,
9 July 2025
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The Drake Equation, created in 1961 by astronomer Frake Drake, is a way researchers guesstimate how many alien civilizations might be chatting out there in the Milky Way.—
Clyde Wayne Crews Jr,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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On the outing, the couple was photographed walking together side-by-side, chatting and smiling.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
13 July 2025
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The haunting video has gained over 700,000 views and thousands of comments, with many reactions embracing something fundamental to Camp Mystic: prayer.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
8 July 2025
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Another of Pao’s not good memories is shared through an enormous, wall-sized video paired with a haunting HMong kwv txhiaj, song poetry.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
Verb
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However, today most young people rarely call each other.—
Andrea Wigfield,
CNN,
14 Feb. 2023
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Marx himself would call DEI a classic case of ideology, a set of benign-seeming ideas that disguise the workings of the rulers, in this case empowered progressives.—
WSJ,
WSJ,
14 Feb. 2023
Noun
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Getaways like Yellowstone, Glacier, and Zion are already seeing record or close-to-record visitation numbers, according to the NPCA.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
11 July 2025
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Hill said that uncertainty is showing up in Las Vegas' visitation data.—
Bailey Schulz,
USA Today,
10 July 2025
Verb
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Not talking an exceptionally high level; not the top-shelf stuff.—
Mirjam Swanson,
Oc Register,
14 July 2025
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Chaidez continued talking to the victim as his partner Officer Rudy Dereza applied a tourniquet and waited for the medics, who eventually took her to Mercy Medical Center, where she was treated before going on to a Chicago trauma hospital.—
Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
13 July 2025
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The excursion will also feature a trip to Strickland Bay in search of dolphins and other wildlife that frequent these waters.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 June 2025
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The film dives into the history of Le Carrousel, a Parisian nightclub that became a safe space for transgender women to perform in the 1950s and was frequented by famed artists and entertainers, including Salvador Dali and Edith Piaf.—
Jo Yurcaba,
NBC news,
24 June 2025
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“Visit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/visit. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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