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
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates this virus alone hospitalizes up to 80,000 children annually.
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Michael Cromer, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2026
Measles still hospitalizes children.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 24 Nov. 2025
Michael Cromer, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2026
Measles still hospitalizes children.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 24 Nov. 2025
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Her father — struggling with poverty and the grief over his wife's death — wants to shoot it, but Jessica secretly nurses the animal back to health, bringing her closer to her father in the process.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
25 Nov. 2025
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Programming that treats culture as the lens Vine Street’s Black History Month approach isn’t a seasonal costume.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
27 Feb. 2026
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The hospital also operates the Neil Reitman Pediatric Burn Institute, which treats children with all forms of burn injuries.—
Theresa Clift,
Sacbee.com,
25 Feb. 2026
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Eileen Gu, the 22-year-old who was born in San Francisco, attends Stanford and competes for China, is the defending gold medalist and qualified fifth for the final.—
The Athletic Staff,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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The mayor made the announcement on social media Sunday, posting a video of a FaceTime call between him and an eighth-grade girl named Victoria who attends public school in Brooklyn.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
22 Feb. 2026
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“Hospitalizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hospitalizes. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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