hospitals

plural of hospital
as in infirmaries
a place for the treatment of those who are ill or injured She spent several days in the hospital after the accident.

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Recent Examples of hospitals Backers say without that money, hospitals will close and people will die. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026 The same lawmakers seeking to protect Medicaid funding could also intensify scrutiny of insurers, hospitals and drugmakers over prices, coverage and profits. — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2026 All were taken to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. — Eduardo Cuevas, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026 Gonzalez said police learned that two more males were taken to area hospitals around the same time and believe they were linked to the same incident. — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026 All three pedestrians were shot and were transported by ambulance to local area hospitals. — Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026 Had likely started calling hospitals, shouting his name and description over the baby’s guttering wails, into the ears of phone operators and receptionists all over town. — Téa Obreht, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026 Most people get better after four to seven days of stomachaches and diarrhea, but people head for hospitals if the diarrhea gets bloody. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 1 Nov. 2026 Florida’s law requires hospitals to have protocols to assess and treat patients at risk of blood clots and train hospital staff to recognize the symptoms of venous thromboembolism. — Ali Ataya, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hospitals
Noun
  • Polly had spent years moving between workhouses and infirmaries, sometimes returning to her father’s house.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Aug. 2026
  • What's more, some travel insurance companies don’t cover visits to ship infirmaries.
    — Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2026
Noun
  • Staff who work at harm reduction clinics set up specifically to help men who use steroids tell me that twenty years ago there were fewer users, and those users took longer breaks between cycles at lower doses.
    — Gavin Francis, The New York Review of Books, 24 Oct. 2026
  • In everyday shopping centers, clinics offer health screening and elective care.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2026

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“Hospitals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hospitals. Accessed 8 Nov. 2026.

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