as in to stay
to reside as a temporary guest
began their retirement by leisurely sojourning with friends and relatives scattered across the country
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Recent Examples of sojourn
Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 13 Mar. 2025
But a cup of Goldfish crackers and a sojourn in Seattle helped turn her dream job to disillusionment.
—Roy Rivenburg, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Feb. 2025
Michael S. Williamson, Washington Post, 22 June 2024
From inside Epstein's enigmatic waterfront temple to the pristine beaches, pools, and cabanas scattered across his 71-acres of prime archipelagic real estate, the data compiled by Near captures the movements of scores of people who sojourned at Little St. James as early as July 2016.
—Dhruv Mehrotra, WIRED, 28 Mar. 2024
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Noun
After spending nearly 25 years touting Tencel and denim innovations at Lenzing, then embarking on a rockier sojourn with Renewcell, Carey isn’t scrambling for a change.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 13 Mar. 2025
But a cup of Goldfish crackers and a sojourn in Seattle helped turn her dream job to disillusionment.
—Roy Rivenburg, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Feb. 2025
Verb
Civil rights tourism had been a boon to the state economy — 4 in 10 visitors come to the state to see the civil rights sites in Montgomery, 2 in 10 go to 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, according to the state tourism bureau — but his city offered little to those who sojourned there.
—Michael S. Williamson, Washington Post, 22 June 2024
From inside Epstein's enigmatic waterfront temple to the pristine beaches, pools, and cabanas scattered across his 71-acres of prime archipelagic real estate, the data compiled by Near captures the movements of scores of people who sojourned at Little St. James as early as July 2016.
—Dhruv Mehrotra, WIRED, 28 Mar. 2024
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“Sojourn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sojourn. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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