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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  1. nurses
  2. treats
  3. attends
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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
Definition of nurses
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  • Dozens of other Halloween 2026 events in Metro Detroit are listed in the CBS News Detroit treats and scares roundup.
    — Jack Springgate, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • None of this works if the founder treats the hire as the finish line.
    — Ken Paskins, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of treats
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  • Whether the man who holds the other seat attends the rally, however, is unclear.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Beth Kaiserman, who regularly attends the meditation group, sees the cemetery as a chance to demystify death.
    — Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of attends

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