sanitarium

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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. 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
Noun
  • The ongoing war is not a focus of the doc but rears its ugly head like a pin threatening to burst the sanatorium bubble when the alarms go off.
    Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2025
  • In the wake of his disturbing discovery, Wojnicz tries to focus on the concrete rituals of sanatorium life: the cold showers and long hikes, the simple food and hard drinking, the long debates with his fellow patients about history and philosophy.
    Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Noun
  • She was then taken into custody and brought to a local hospital to be treated for the gunshot wound, which police say was non-life threatening.
    Jack Dunn, Variety, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The move comes just as the U.S. prepares to deploy the USNS Comfort, a Navy hospital ship, to the region in a show of presence and partnership.
    Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In September 2024, Fritz died of complications from a stroke while in hospice care.
    Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 19 Apr. 2025
  • The people helping your mother with her hospice care surely can suggest some resources for you.
    Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 23 Apr. 2025.

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