Thesaurus results for HOSPITALIZED

hospitalized

verb

past tense of hospitalize

as in treated

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 hospitalized He was hospitalized for a week and returned to the Senate not long after. — Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 The truck driver was hospitalized. — Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 26 June 2026 At least 20 of those have been hospitalized, according to the CDC. — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 3 July 2026 The driver, an adult man, was hospitalized with critical injuries, Metro Fire Capt. — Sacbee.com, 4 July 2026 His team has announced that the country music star was recently hospitalized with infected tonsils. — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 2 July 2026 Trigg was hospitalized after falling into their backyard pool on May 12, 2025. — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026 While the audio does not indicate who the person is, the incident occurred on the same day that McConnell was hospitalized on June 14. — Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 2 July 2026 Rodríguez described scenes of children hospitalized with amputations and survivors grieving multiple family deaths. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026

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Breast cancer survivor Nancy Clifton-Hawkins, who was treated at the City of Hope, bought the phone on EBay for $50.

— Staff Photographer, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
More the former than the latter, sure, but both men are not overly pleased at the way they’re being treated.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026

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The textile mill that gave Berkshire its name was the original bad business, one Buffett nursed for 20 years before finally shutting it down.

— Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 1 June 2026
In the final four games of the season last year, the Cowboys elected to move Smith to the left tackle spot while Guyton nursed nagging injuries with Dallas out of playoff contention.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 May 2026

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Parker and Stone have frequented the restaurant recently but have not attended one of the 14 bargaining sessions with Actor’s Equity, according to Shields.

— Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
Dancer/choreographer Kameron Saunders, a University of Missouri-Kansas City alum who toured with Swift on the Eras Tour, attended with his brother, Khalen Saunders, an NFLer who played with the Chiefs from 2019 to 2022.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026

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