as in visit
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 visitation In 2023, visitation jumped 40 percent, from 5.7 million to 8.2 million people, making this unit the fifth-most-visited in the park service. Graham Averill, Outside Online, 4 Feb. 2025 According to the Chicago New Moms Group, many new mothers struggle with setting visitation expectations. Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025 So her mother gave full custody to her father and ceased visitation. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025 Public visitation period at Capitol rotunda The public will be allowed to pay their respects as Carter lies in state from roughly 7:30 p.m. to 12 a.m. on Tuesday, along with all day Wednesday from 7 a.m. through 7 a.m. on Thursday, when the visitation period ends. Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for visitation 

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“Visitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/visitation. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.

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