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 Two Dearborn police officers and a suspect have all been hospitalized in the aftermath of a shooting early Friday in Wayne County, authorities said. Paula Wethington, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026 The woman was injured and had to be hospitalized, the report said. Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026 Three people have been hospitalized, according to the Minnesota Department of Health. Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026 The Pima County Sheriff's Department is now on the hunt for three men in connection with a Wednesday morning shooting that left a Tucson police recruit dead and his corrections officer fiancée hospitalized with a gunshot wound. Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Some 828 people have been hospitalized, and two people died because of the infection, according to the CDC. Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 21 Aug. 2026 Senior party members had publicly interpreted the Supreme Court order as meaning Khan would remain hospitalized at least for several weeks. Reuters, NBC news, 21 Aug. 2026 Zeizel first met Lindsay Clancy at Reddington's request while she was hospitalized in February 2023, days after the killings. Melina Khan, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026 In Croatia, firefighters battled a major blaze overnight in the coastal town of Omis, where 14 people were hospitalized, according to the country's prime minister, Andrej Plenkovic. Npr Staff, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hospitalized
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  • The victim, who hasn't been publicly identified, was treated at the scene by Santa Monica PD officers until paramedics took him to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
    Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The king has hemolytic anemia and was being treated with cortisone, leading to fluid accumulation in the body that required hospital treatment, the palace said last week.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
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  • A lot of that production came while Nikola Jokić nursed a knee injury.
    Zach Harper, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Dima was famished and weak, and Zayarnaya nursed him back to health.
    Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
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  • 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
  • In October, Nash and Blue Ant Media attended the global content conference MIPCOM Cannes.
    The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026

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“Hospitalized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hospitalized. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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