as in infirmary
a place for the treatment of those who are ill or injured
She spent several days in the hospital after the accident.
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Recent Examples of hospital
Pat Johnson suffered severe burns; at the hospital, doctors gave him a 5% chance of survival.
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Eric Cortellessa, Time, 7 Aug. 2025
Buettner is the founder of Blue Zones LLC, a company that works in partnership with city governments, hospital systems and insurance companies to implement insights in Blue Zones to help make cities healthier.
—Giana Levy, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
Insights from human brains could inform how scientists search for awareness in all its possible forms
In late 2005, five months after a car accident, a 23-year-old woman lay unresponsive in a hospital bed.
—Mariana Lenharo & Nature Magazine, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2025
He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, prosecutors said.
—Miami Herald, 14 July 2025
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Eric Cortellessa, Time, 7 Aug. 2025
Buettner is the founder of Blue Zones LLC, a company that works in partnership with city governments, hospital systems and insurance companies to implement insights in Blue Zones to help make cities healthier.
—Giana Levy, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
Insights from human brains could inform how scientists search for awareness in all its possible forms
In late 2005, five months after a car accident, a 23-year-old woman lay unresponsive in a hospital bed.
—Mariana Lenharo & Nature Magazine, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2025
He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, prosecutors said.
—Miami Herald, 14 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hospital
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What's more, some travel insurance companies don’t cover visits to ship infirmaries.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Travel + Leisure,
7 July 2025
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In Phnom Penh’s hot season, when the Cambodian capital’s sweltering, subtropical air routinely soars to 100 degrees, more workers than usual visited the infirmaries inside a factory that made baby clothes for Nike, the world’s largest athletic apparel brand.—
Rob Davis,
ProPublica,
4 Oct. 2024
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Conrad admitted to his brother and father that he’d been fired from his summer job at the clinic and is staying at Cousin’s before returning to Stanford in the fall.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Love added that nurses are needed not just in hospitals, but in nursing homes, clinics and schools as well.—
Ciara McCarthy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Hospital.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hospital. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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