as in to nurse
to place (someone) in a hospital for care or treatment
The doctor wants to hospitalize her for a few days so that he can run some tests.
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Recent Examples of hospitalize
Miller was hospitalized that same day while her three surviving children were sent to live with relatives.
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Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Lukas died June 28, at age 89, after being hospitalized from a blood infection and placed on hospice.
—Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 3 Sep. 2025
More than a dozen were hospitalized, and Gavin Newsom's response was to sneer and condemn those who seek out our creator in our darkest moments.
—Jenna Sundel
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Gaddy was evaluated by jail clinicians and then hospitalized for his injuries.
—Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
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Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Lukas died June 28, at age 89, after being hospitalized from a blood infection and placed on hospice.
—Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 3 Sep. 2025
More than a dozen were hospitalized, and Gavin Newsom's response was to sneer and condemn those who seek out our creator in our darkest moments.
—Jenna Sundel
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Gaddy was evaluated by jail clinicians and then hospitalized for his injuries.
—Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hospitalize
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But Waller has been nursing a hip injury since joining the team, and didn’t participate in a single training camp practice.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
4 Sep. 2025
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In the accompanying image, Baz is lying on her side, nursing her son in a low cut bra while holding a bottle in her free hand.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
3 Sep. 2025
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Mizzou students and fans treated Saturday’s game as a landmark event, selling out the stadium and tailgating hours before the gates opened.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
7 Sep. 2025
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For example, doors open for the Soil to Fork Experience, where visitors learn about farming the Quintosapore way and are then treated to an outdoor lunch with a view of the hills and Città della Pieve in the distance.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Harrison claims to feel considerable guilt at not intervening when she was clearly drugged and being targeted by a predator.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
1 Aug. 2025
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Afterward, many were drugged and taken onto planes, from which they were dumped into the Río de la Plata.—
Graciela Mochkofsky,
New Yorker,
31 July 2025
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Besides Iran, North Korea, and Russia, heads of state or governments from more than a dozen other countries also attended the parade.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
3 Sep. 2025
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The number of students attending community college in the Cincinnati area is nearing the levels during the Great Recession.—
Bebe Hodges,
The Enquirer,
3 Sep. 2025
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More than nine in 10 people on the 100-mg dose experienced hallucinations.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Loyal dosed its first patient, an 11-year-old whippet named Boo, at the Animal Hospital of Dauphin County in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in December 2023.—
Amy Feldman,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Hospitalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hospitalize. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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