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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Barn jackets suit a recipient who treats outerwear as the statement piece of an outfit.

— Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Nov. 2026
Brazil’s electoral prosecutor’s office told the court that Meta had not fully complied with the rulings, including a requirement to explain how its AI tool treats content about each candidate.

— Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2026

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The novel attends to their quiet conversations, their modest meals, their everyday work, whether caring for the sick, staffing a thrift shop or demolishing a silo.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2026
Every Black Dove attends to their duties with all deliberate stabbing, throat-slitting, and shooting speed, except for Reed.

— Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2026

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