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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sanitarium
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Nearly two dozen former sanatoriums are still standing in the town, housing a dwindling number of families like Ms. Bondarevi’s.—
Oscar Espinosa,
Christian Science Monitor,
9 May 2025
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The overall look was sort of old-school sanatorium, slightly updated but with zero indulgence to luxury—definitely not a place for flaunting Birkins.—
Tiziana Cardini,
Vogue,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Marine units pulled three people from the water while 19 others swam to shore on Hart Island before they were transported by Coast Guard, police and fire department units to nearby City Island to receive further medical evaluation at a hospital.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
9 June 2025
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He was treated at a hospital and transferred to the Metropolitan Detention Center.—
Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
Noun
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Ferguson, 75, died Friday while in home hospice care, said WMAQ-Ch. 5 news anchor and reporter Marion Brooks, a close friend.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2025
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Tom was in hospice care and Georgia smothered him as a kind of twisted gift to Cynthia.—
Michileen Martin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 June 2025
Noun
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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 14 Jun. 2025.
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