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Recent Examples of Synonyms for convalescents
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Some adoptees, including Yooree Kim, who was sent to a French family in 1984 without her biological parents’ consent and says she was abused by her adopters, have sought compensation under the state compensation act, which in theory allows victims to pursue claims without lengthy court battles.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2026 -
In all three shootings, federal authorities were quick to say the victims attacked agents or were planning to do so.—
Meg Anderson,
NPR,
10 Apr. 2026
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The hospital shuttered its emergency department on Wednesday, and then worked to transfer its inpatients to other hospitals by the end of the day Friday.—
Lisa Schencker,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2026
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In that time, the number of people admitted to hospitals in the state as inpatients due to heat increased 60%, from 990 to 1,578.—
Joan Meiners,
AZCentral.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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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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When people were also treated with a long-acting form of an opioid-blocking medication called naltrexone, relapse rates dropped across all settings — to 59% after short-term inpatient care, 46% after long-term inpatient care and 38% for those treated as outpatients.—
Emma Fenske,
The Conversation,
12 Feb. 2026
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Gabapentin has proved effective at helping some mastectomy patients with stubborn pain, while others have responded to electrodes implanted in their spinal column, according to the Baylor study, published in 2024.—
Brett Kelman,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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According to the Cleveland Clinic, physical therapists usually recommend patients put tape on their Achilles tendon, back, knee or the soles of their feet.—
Kaan Ozcan,
NBC news,
4 Apr. 2026
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