Thesaurus results for HOSPITALIZES

hospitalizes

verb

present tense third-person singular of hospitalize

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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Recent Examples of hospitalizes Measles hospitalizes nearly 10% of its victims and causes pneumonia, sepsis and potentially fatal encephalitis. — Dr. Michael Good, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2026 Flu still hospitalizes and kills tens of thousands of Americans annually. — Katrine L. Wallace, The Conversation, 24 June 2026 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates this virus alone hospitalizes up to 80,000 children annually. — Michael Cromer, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2026 Measles still hospitalizes children. — Korin Miller, SELF, 24 Nov. 2025

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At the family estate, Sybylla, who nurses inchoate hopes of becoming a writer, is to be remade into a suitable wife.

— Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2026
Ultimately, Etna’s closest bond is with the itinerant medic Hong who nurses his emaciated, shrapnel-scarred body.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026

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This design choice completely breaks long-form generation, because the code treats information retrieval and text length as a zero-sum game.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026
Sunday treats us to Chalk It Up regulars and bouncing local rock kingpins the Brodys, flanked by Asesinos, Rose Lyon, Sol Peligro and Leaping Blennies.

— Aaron Davis, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026

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Jordan, a 6-foot-7, 225-pound senior small forward from Nashville, attends Prolific Prep in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2026
Streatfeild’s inspiration was her sister Sterling, who was a tailback and free safety and now attends Vanderbilt.

— Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

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