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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Lee Billings, Scientific American, 25 Sep. 2024
The asteroid’s sojourn around Earth will last from September 29 to November 25.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Sep. 2024
Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2023
The new study, published this week in Nature Communications, bolsters evidence that modern humans sojourned out of Africa more than once and traveled vast distances—although these precocious migrants likely didn’t contribute many, if any, genes to modern populations.
—Byscience News Staff, science.org, 15 June 2023
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Noun
Its sojourn alongside Earth will be brief, however, not even allowing this interplanetary visitor time enough to complete one full orbit.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 25 Sep. 2024
The asteroid’s sojourn around Earth will last from September 29 to November 25.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Sep. 2024
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The group had sojourned to Badwater Basin, the park’s lowest point and the lowest point in North America, which sits 282 feet below sea level.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2023
The new study, published this week in Nature Communications, bolsters evidence that modern humans sojourned out of Africa more than once and traveled vast distances—although these precocious migrants likely didn’t contribute many, if any, genes to modern populations.
—Byscience News Staff, science.org, 15 June 2023
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“Sojourn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sojourn. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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