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
Trigg was hospitalized after police responded to a drowning call in Chandler on May 12.
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Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 20 May 2025
Three other victims had to be hospitalized, including one person in critical condition.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 20 May 2025
Flores sustained severe burns and was hospitalized for six months until his death.
—Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
Glover had been hospitalized since May 14, according to his family.
—Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 19 May 2025
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Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 20 May 2025
Three other victims had to be hospitalized, including one person in critical condition.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 20 May 2025
Flores sustained severe burns and was hospitalized for six months until his death.
—Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
Glover had been hospitalized since May 14, according to his family.
—Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hospitalize
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There was tension to endure soon after half-time as Sparta Rotterdam equalized against PSV while Ajax nursed a one-goal lead at home against FC Twente to give it temporary command over the table.—
Jeff Rueter,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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Eight hours later, Bickel was still there, nursing a beer on the patio while watching federal agents down the street walk in and out of the suspect’s house.—
Libor Jany,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2025
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Premium Linen & Beeswax Bread Bags, 2-Pack $30 $26 Amazon Marley's Monsters Linen Bread Bag $32 Marley's Monsters A luxe kitchen hand soap If your host aspires to have a home that smells like a fancy hotel, treat them to a bottle of Naomi After-Cooking Hand Scrub.—
Emily Farris,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
21 May 2025
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These individuals were someone’s son, brother, father, and community members, yet they were treated as less than human. New York jails and prisons house more individuals with mental illness than any psychiatric hospital in the country.—
Justyna Rzewinski,
New York Daily News,
21 May 2025
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Colbert has a history of drugging men and stealing from them, Kenner police said on the day of her arrest.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
16 May 2025
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The plan to drug the cake, while brilliant, did have one flaw: What if a commander (or 10!) didn’t eat it?—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
16 May 2025
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In March, Bezos and Sanchez attended the Vanity Fair Oscars party instead of a gala at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., to celebrate the screening of a new documentary that celebrates Katherine Graham, Bezos’s predecessor at the Post, according to the New Yorker.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
13 May 2025
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Some states had laws prohibiting students with certain disabilities from attending public schools, according to the federal government’s own history.—
Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
13 May 2025
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Animals dosed with antibiotics to kill off their microbiomes exercise less than mice with healthy microbiomes and reach exhaustion faster.—
Lydia Denworth,
Scientific American,
20 May 2025
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Creatine is typically dosed at 20 grams a day for up to seven days, followed by 3-5 grams a day for up to 12 weeks.—
Health,
Health,
12 May 2025
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“Hospitalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hospitalize. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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