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 The canal that flows between Fort Lauderdale resident Harry Rozelle’s house and his church is so infested with bacteria that his teenage son, Cruz, was hospitalized after swimming in it three years ago. — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026 Advertisement Wangchuk proceeded not to eat for 20 days—a period that ended only after Delhi police hospitalized him against his will, sparking national outcry. — Connor Greene, Time, 22 July 2026 In June 2023, the singer went into septic shock after being hospitalized in the ICU for a serious bacterial infection. — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 22 July 2026 According to the State of Alaska Epidemiology in 2019, 68 people were hospitalized due to to bear attacks between 2000 and 2017. — Greta Cross, USA Today, 22 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for hospitalize

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Bordelon first learned about nursing through his aunt, who was a nurse.

— Andrea Hsu, NPR, 21 July 2026
South Korean retail investors who piled into leveraged bets on the country’s AI champions are nursing steep losses, exposing the risks of the speculative trading boom that helped fuel one of the world’s hottest equity markets.

— Joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 21 July 2026

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The city will need to translate that to law governing how properties are treated — a long process on deck for 2027, Wilson said.

— Mark Dee July 24, Idaho Statesman, 24 July 2026
This was a player who wanted to be revered as The Man of a franchise, and he was not treated that way.

— Mac Engel July 24, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2026

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Among other claims, Kaufman’s post made the case that the hepatitis B vaccine dose given at birth may be linked to an increase in autism cases, a widely-disproven claim.

— Helen Branswell, STAT, 15 July 2026
While some patients may stay on a high GLP-1 dose indefinitely and others may eventually stop treatment and maintain their weight loss through nutrition and lifestyle changes, many will likely need different strategies over time, Bays said.

— Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 11 July 2026

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