as in treating
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 hospitalizing
Last night, an Air Canada airplane collided with a fire truck on a runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, killing two pilots and hospitalizing scores of passengers.
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Juliette Kayyem, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2026
Low levels of vaccination across the country mean measles outbreaks will continue to occur, needlessly hospitalizing and killing the unvaccinated.
—Andrea Uhlig, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2026
Derek Borsody, a first-year medical student at UC, remains unconscious, unresponsive and in intensive care months after a balcony fell about 20 feet from a Stetson Street condominium, hospitalizing 10 people, according to a recent lawsuit filed in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court.
—David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 20 Jan. 2026
Statewide, the virus seems to be hospitalizing more children than in past years, Graham said.
—Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 9 Jan. 2026
As of Thursday evening, a manhunt was underway for the man who shot Beam near the Oakland, California community college’s football field, hospitalizing Beam in critical condition and sending the school into lockdown.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 13 Nov. 2025
Flu season was particularly brutal last year, sickening at least 47 million Americans, hospitalizing 610,000 and killing 27,000, according to the CDC.
—Liz Szabo, NBC news, 25 Oct. 2025
Trump’s order isn’t just about hospitalizing people.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
That outbreak spanned July to November of last year and sickened 61 people across 19 states, hospitalizing 60 and killing 10.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2025
Juliette Kayyem, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2026
Low levels of vaccination across the country mean measles outbreaks will continue to occur, needlessly hospitalizing and killing the unvaccinated.
—Andrea Uhlig, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2026
Derek Borsody, a first-year medical student at UC, remains unconscious, unresponsive and in intensive care months after a balcony fell about 20 feet from a Stetson Street condominium, hospitalizing 10 people, according to a recent lawsuit filed in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court.
—David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 20 Jan. 2026
Statewide, the virus seems to be hospitalizing more children than in past years, Graham said.
—Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 9 Jan. 2026
As of Thursday evening, a manhunt was underway for the man who shot Beam near the Oakland, California community college’s football field, hospitalizing Beam in critical condition and sending the school into lockdown.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 13 Nov. 2025
Flu season was particularly brutal last year, sickening at least 47 million Americans, hospitalizing 610,000 and killing 27,000, according to the CDC.
—Liz Szabo, NBC news, 25 Oct. 2025
Trump’s order isn’t just about hospitalizing people.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
That outbreak spanned July to November of last year and sickened 61 people across 19 states, hospitalizing 60 and killing 10.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hospitalizing
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Connecticut can protect vulnerable children without treating every parent as a suspect.—
James R Mason,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
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The results of both will not be released, according to the newspaper, though police do not suspect foul play and are treating the deaths as a tragedy, per the outlets.—
Adam England,
PEOPLE,
11 May 2026
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Florida requires nursing schools to provide such training and specifies that clinical work should make up a significant part of the curriculum, either 40% or 50%, depending on the type of degree.—
Annie Martin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 May 2026
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Doncic is still nursing a hamstring injury, which cost him the final five regular-season games and now Game 1 against Oklahoma City.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
6 May 2026
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Rice University’s Kinder Institute studied 12 cohorts at Houston ISD from 2007 to 2019 and found that students attending the district’s Las Americas school, a specialized campus serving immigrants and refugee students in grades 4-8, had exceptionally higher end-of-year English course exam results.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 May 2026
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The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism & Aviation Visitors attending the festival can also take the opportunity to explore Eleuthera, which has more than 120 beaches with powdery sands and crystal-clear turquoise waters.—
Taryn White,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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“Hospitalizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hospitalizing. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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