as in nurses
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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Interpretation treats literature as a set of symbols, or in other words, representations.—
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Charlie inherited his dad’s love for baseball and attends a lot of Freddie's games with his mom.—
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