Thesaurus results for HOSPITALIZE

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 Sanchez was charged with felony battery in connection with the October 2025 incident, which left him and the truck driver -- Perry Tole -- hospitalized. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 Both officers were hospitalized in Fairfield and later released. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026 The Pope will stay hospitalized for several days, and his schedule is cleared for at least a week. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026 Pope was hospitalized for typhoid fever in 1985 This is believed to be the second hospitalization for Leo, who is known to be sporty and in good shape, with weekly tennis games and swimming. — Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hospitalize

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Dean Fryer, the restaurant’s namesake, nursed a pint outside while chatting with creative director Nicholas Blechman.

— Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
Jonathan Allen, a 10-year veteran who has contributed 12 tackles and two sacks in the season’s first four games, is nursing a knee injury that has kept him from participating in Cincinnati’s past two practices.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026

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Rather than relying solely on conventional T cells, future treatments may be able to exploit gamma delta T cells to expose a vulnerability in a cancer that has proved exceptionally difficult to treat.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026
The hospital in question denied that Talarico had ever been treated there.

— Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2026

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Based out of Chile and Los Angeles, the company has already invested up to $250,000 in development ahead of Mipcom, which Quijote head of strategy Sergio Karmy is attending.

— Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
Steve Sarkisian will not budge on this issue One of the primary reasons Manning chose to attend Texas was Sarkisian.

— Mac Engel October 10, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Oct. 2026

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Circuit training required a lower exercise dose to reach the maximum benefit, at around 580 MET-minutes per week.

— Currie Engel, HEALTH, 27 Sep. 2026
The company said initial results showed the chips could withstand a total ionizing radiation dose greater than what they would be expected to receive during a five-year space mission.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2026

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