hospitalized

past tense of hospitalize
as in treated
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 hospitalized Pediatric staff members bring Halloween, Christmas, Easter, New Year’s Eve and even the Tooth Fairy to hospitalized sick kids. — Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026 Of those infected, 10,500 to 13,500 were hospitalized, and 100 to 150 died. — Katrine L. Wallace, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2026 An 8-year-old girl has been hospitalized after sustaining serious injuries in a wolf attack inside a German zoo’s enclosure. — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026 Authorities had not released any details about the condition of the two people hospitalized. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2026 Spain’s second deadly high-speed rail crash this year killed 69 people and left 50 hospitalized, renewing doubts about a network long considered a national achievement. — Joseph Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026 The number of people hospitalized reached 107 earlier in the day. — Chad De Guzman, Time, 29 Oct. 2026 Granado died and Lazo was hospitalized with serious injuries. — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026 In 2024, Princess Anne was reportedly injured by a horse on the property, which resulted in her being hospitalized for a concussion. — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 29 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hospitalized
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  • Cybersecurity can no longer be treated as an issue only for the IT department.
    — Michael Miebach, Time, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The first is to bake the value proposition into the initial ask so benefits to farmers aren’t treated as an afterthought at the end of the supply chain.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2026
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  • For years, Pollock’s brother Sande had nursed him through alcoholism and breakdowns, but then Krasner stepped in.
    — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Dean Fryer, the restaurant’s namesake, nursed a pint outside while chatting with creative director Nicholas Blechman.
    — Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
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  • OutKick had attended all 13 formal press conferences during the first three Finals games without being called on.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Cook attended high school in Round Rock, near Austin, and spent his first two seasons at TCU.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026

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“Hospitalized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hospitalized. Accessed 4 Nov. 2026.

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