Thesaurus results for VISITATIONS

visitations

noun

plural of visitation

as in visits

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 visitations Nearly 1,500 families were served by more than 8,000 home visitations that support early literacy through language development and age-appropriate books and toys. — Read Alliance, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 The aliens’ ability to take on the forms of stags, foxes and cardinals is also in line with what experiencers have reported about their visitations. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 13 June 2026 In the new film, a shadowy government organization, not a handful of ethically minded scientists, tries to hide the existence and terrestrial visitations of aliens. — Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 12 June 2026 Some were denied visitations and phone calls. — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026 The division houses secret evidence of UAPs and nonhuman visitations to Earth dating back to the Nixon administration. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2026 The Colorado Department of Corrections has lifted its suspension on visitations at all facilities statewide except one after a 27-year-old inmate and a 59-year-old inmate were killed and another was injured in an incident over the weekend at a southern Colorado prison. — Jesse Sarles, CBS News, 8 June 2026 In short, there is no truly meaningful evidence here for aliens, alien visitations, alien abductions, or anything like that. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 8 May 2026 Attendance at domestic parks did ease 1% but the company attributed that to the lingering impact of slower international visitations and competition from Universal’s Epic Universe, which opened in Orlando last May. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 6 May 2026

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visits

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The university has grown in recent years while attempting to improve safety and retain its historic charm, said Arthur Fridrich, the university's former director of distance education, who lives near the campus and visits regularly.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge had made various visits to Mumbai and then New Delhi before traveling to neighboring Bhutan to meet with King Jigme Khesar and Queen Jetsun Pema.

— Séraphine Roger, Vanity Fair, 15 Aug. 2026

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