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Recent Examples of convalescent
Her first book, Your Presence is Requested at Suvanto, brought us to a Finnish convalescent hospital, and left us in the arms of a malevolent surgeon.
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for convalescent
Noun
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Poppy is a chronic sufferer who has more than a dozen attacks each month.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Feb. 2026
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Willner went on the road with presentations that included his injecting himself with blood from an AIDS sufferer, as if to show that there was nothing to be feared from HIV.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The March 2 indictments allege that Brigham used Snapchat and text messages to talk to his victim, at one point receiving a photo of the girl’s genitalia.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Mar. 2026
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In some cases, the department inadvertently released nude photos showing the faces of potential victims as well as names, email addresses and other identifying information that was either unredacted or not fully obscured.—
Alanna Durkin Richer,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, as acetaminophen orders fell, new outpatient prescriptions for a drug called leucovorin increased sharply for children between ages 5 and 17, the analysis found.—
Liz Neporent,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026
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The study also found that the number of children aged fiveto 17 who were prescribed leucovorin as outpatients increased by 71 percent.—
Sara Novak,
Scientific American,
5 Mar. 2026
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However, children who need inpatient admission will still need to be transferred out of the county.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Mar. 2026
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Van Lannen appeared for sentencing in Ramsey County Mental Health Treatment Court via Zoom from an inpatient treatment center.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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But not all patients were committed involuntarily.—
Andrew Khouri,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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In clinical trials, doctors have treated some patients with allogeneic CAR-T products, which are made from the cells of healthy donors and can be used for more than one patient.—
Jason Liebowitz,
New Yorker,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Convalescent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convalescent. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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