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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
July 4 is just days away, and people living in or visiting the Las Vegas metropolitan area may be looking for ways to celebrate.
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Carly Sauvageau,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
In West Sacramento, where the Los Angeles Dodgers are visiting the Athletics this week, the big screen at Sutter Health Park was showing the soccer game before players take the diamond.
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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2026
Among them is Folarin Balogun, who was born in New York while his Nigerian parents, who were living in London, were visiting in the summer of 2001.
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Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2026
Condon has become part of the Haugh family, visiting Pennsylvania several times, including for Christmas.
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Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 June 2026
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Carly Sauvageau,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
In West Sacramento, where the Los Angeles Dodgers are visiting the Athletics this week, the big screen at Sutter Health Park was showing the soccer game before players take the diamond.
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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2026
Among them is Folarin Balogun, who was born in New York while his Nigerian parents, who were living in London, were visiting in the summer of 2001.
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Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2026
Condon has become part of the Haugh family, visiting Pennsylvania several times, including for Christmas.
—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for visiting
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The journey in seeing a friend’s city anew becomes another way of seeing home.
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On June 9, witnesses reported seeing a man start a small brush fire in a field behind the Wal-Mart on Camino Arroyo, according to the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office.
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Tops on that list is the late Grateful Dead founder Bob Weir — who died in January at 78 — as a model for a band staying fearless and uncompromising.
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Read more about the heat dome and tips on staying cool in this visual explainer.
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Lena Dunham was spotted poking her head out of a backseat window and chatting with someone redirecting traffic, while her ex, a suited Jack Antonoff, and his sister, fashion designer Rachel Antonoff, were also seen walking up to MSG.
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While chatting with the NFL brothers, Jason posed a tongue-in-cheek question to the Prince of Wales.
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After completing his four-year stretch, Clayton-Thomas in 1962 began frequenting the music scene on the Yonge Street strip, when Arkansas rockabilly great Ronnie Hawkins gave him his first paying job in music.
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Arthur Van Wyk, who produces comedy events in Durban, began frequenting the bar some three decades ago.
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Anonymous tips can also be submitted to Crime Stoppers by calling 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
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Draft an application for a class, outline a travel budget, or research a path that has been calling to you.
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As the order to evacuate was played over loudspeakers on the National Mall, some people appeared to be standing in place, talking with those around them and not exiting the area, while others were walking toward exits.
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His straight-talking and cliche-less approach hasn’t stopped, either.
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This could easily be the premise of a new Netflix horror show — an episode of Black Mirror, say, or maybe something haunting from Ryan Murphy.
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And while their mutual threat is still out there, Chiarella concludes their haunting love story on a more hopeful note.
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This is because any of various chatbots can induce in us an irresistible sense of our conversing with an actual person.
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Her subjects range from the humming of trees conversing through underground fungi to the iridescent call (invisible to humans) that flowers make to fluttering bees.
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“Visiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/visiting. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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