sanitorium

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Recent Examples of sanitorium 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 My great-grandmother died from tuberculosis in a sanitorium with concrete floors. Ben Lerner, The New York Review of Books, 23 July 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sanitorium
Noun
  • One person described in the report, Sonny McDonald, was incarcerated at a tuberculosis sanatorium as a child.
    BySadia Rafiquddin, science.org, 23 Sep. 2024
  • The older novel follows a young man’s lengthy stay at Davos, a Swiss sanatorium.
    Bekah Waalkes, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Bolsheviks shot its monks in the first years of the Soviet Union, and converted the complex into a sanitarium and a cinema.
    Ainara Tiefenthäler, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Camp and sanitarium admissions were voluntary, but may have been subject to family pressures.
    Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2018
Noun
  • The child, who is three years old, was airlifted to a hospital and released after treatment.
    Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Claims are denied at a rate of 48% because procedures lacked prior authorization, 42% because doctors or hospitals were out of network and 42% because of billing code issues, the analysis said.
    Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 17 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The 100-year-old has been in hospice care for nearly two years.
    Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Former President Jimmy Carter, 100, who has been in hospice care since February 2023, will not be attending the ceremony, the Carter Center told the outlet, due to his health.
    Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Dec. 2024

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“Sanitorium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanitorium. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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