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Recent Examples of sanitarium
Patients who, in the opinion of camp staff, are a risk to themselves or others are chained down by the foot in a building called 'the sanitarium', for as long as the staff feel is necessary.
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Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2018
Among them was a TB sanitarium that became the seed for today’s City of Hope, the renowned cancer treatment and research center.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2022
When Hoover was a teen-ager, Dickerson was institutionalized for a time at a sanitarium in Laurel, Maryland.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
The map that indicates which rooms are situated in the old hospital wings, like the sanitarium, add to the spookiness.
—Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 24 Oct. 2022
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Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2018
Among them was a TB sanitarium that became the seed for today’s City of Hope, the renowned cancer treatment and research center.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2022
When Hoover was a teen-ager, Dickerson was institutionalized for a time at a sanitarium in Laurel, Maryland.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
The map that indicates which rooms are situated in the old hospital wings, like the sanitarium, add to the spookiness.
—Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 24 Oct. 2022
See All Example Sentences for sanitarium
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sanitarium
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In a picturesque river valley outside the northern city of Chuncheon, an old elementary school has been converted into a café and resort that resembles a high-end sanatorium, with blond wood and poured concrete.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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The serene 13,000-square-foot property was commissioned in 1912 by the Austrian monarchy and was originally intended to be a tuberculosis sanatorium.—
Dobrina Zhekova,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Jan. 2025
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The man was taken to a hospital after being shot in the 7100 block of Santa Monica Boulevard, near the intersection of La Brea Avenue, at 5:57 p.m.—
Dakota Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2025
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The film starts in Chicago in 1987 when Moceanu’s parents left her sister as a newborn in the hospital.—
Colson Thayer,
People.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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But now, Comer, 55, is receiving hospice care at home.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
People.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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John Lawlor, who played Headmaster Steven Bradley in the first season of sitcom The Facts of Life, died February 13 at a veteran’s hospice facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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On Neurosyphilis and Fighting Fire with Fire Staten Island's Sea View sanitorium was abandoned in the 1970s and has laid in ruins, devoured by the surrounding vegetation for many decades.—
Rebecca Kreston,
Discover Magazine,
27 Jan. 2016
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Inside the Old Louisville murder house: This Old Louisville mansion was home to a grave in a wine cellar, a sanitorium and a cult.—
Kirby Adams,
The Courier-Journal,
25 May 2022
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“Sanitarium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanitarium. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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