HOSPITALIZATION Synonyms: 13 Similar Words

hospitalize

verb

Definition of hospitalize

as in to nurse

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 hospitalize Investigators on Wednesday morning arrested a man suspected in a July 30 Elk Grove hit-and-run that seriously injured a 74-year-old pedestrian, who remains hospitalized. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026 Jose Mejia Hernandez was hospitalized after ICE officers detained him last week. — Liam Bowman, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2026 On or around July 10, Kebert began to experience symptoms of cyclosporiasis, and she was hospitalized on July 12 for two days, the lawsuit said. — Finch Walker, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026 The alleged driver, a 20-year-old Dublin man, remained hospitalized on Tuesday. — Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hospitalize

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Although starting center Connor McGovern is nursing a leg injury, Lloyd Cushenberry is Buffalo’s top backup, leaving third-year player Sedrick Van Pran-Granger on the bubble.

— Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Linebacker unit thinned out by injuries The left ankle injury Trey Moore sustained in Miami’s 26-3 loss to the Giants on Saturday means three of the four viable starters in this unit are nursing an injury.

— Omar Kelly August 24, Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2026

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Emomee plans to attend Mipcom later this year to pursue new deals across distribution and licensing.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 Aug. 2026
That evening, Buttigieg attended a dinner at a church in Orangeburg, a nearly three-quarters Black city with a deep history in the Civil Rights Movement.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

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The latest findings indicated the vest could reduce an astronaut’s radiation dose by about 60% in a solar storm as fierce as the one in 1972 and by nearly 40% in a calamity mirroring 1989.

— Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Both phantoms were packed with thousands of dosimeters, tracking radiation dose over specific phases of the flight rather than just a cumulative total.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2026

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