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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
Four others, including another infant, were also taken to nearby hospitals, where one person was later pronounced dead, firefighters said.
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Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
That could mean sneaking into hospitals, or bluffing their way into funerals.
—Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 29 Mar. 2026
That extends to doctors and nurses in hospitals.
—Laura Ungar, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
But that number is well short of the $140 billion that rural hospitals are expected to lose due to Medicaid changes.
—Caleb Hellerman, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026
At the height of immigration enforcement in Minneapolis, local health care providers across specialties held a powerful press conference, sounding the alarm about Immigration Customs Enforcement presence at hospitals and interrupting patients’ abilities to seek medical care.
—Dr. Lauren Palladino, Hartford Courant, 22 Mar. 2026
The operator added that the island has set up microsystems of smaller, closed circuits throughout the provinces to route and ensure power for vital services such as hospitals, blood banks, water supply and food distribution.
—Kate Perez, USA Today, 22 Mar. 2026
Six adults were rushed to area hospitals after a floor holding a wedding party of nearly 150 people collapsed at a venue in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 22 Mar. 2026
Since the mid-1980s, when the nation (led by California) shut down public mental hospitals (a response to patient abuses and a tax-cutting move), that segment of the health care world has languished.
—Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026
Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
That could mean sneaking into hospitals, or bluffing their way into funerals.
—Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 29 Mar. 2026
That extends to doctors and nurses in hospitals.
—Laura Ungar, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
But that number is well short of the $140 billion that rural hospitals are expected to lose due to Medicaid changes.
—Caleb Hellerman, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026
At the height of immigration enforcement in Minneapolis, local health care providers across specialties held a powerful press conference, sounding the alarm about Immigration Customs Enforcement presence at hospitals and interrupting patients’ abilities to seek medical care.
—Dr. Lauren Palladino, Hartford Courant, 22 Mar. 2026
The operator added that the island has set up microsystems of smaller, closed circuits throughout the provinces to route and ensure power for vital services such as hospitals, blood banks, water supply and food distribution.
—Kate Perez, USA Today, 22 Mar. 2026
Six adults were rushed to area hospitals after a floor holding a wedding party of nearly 150 people collapsed at a venue in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 22 Mar. 2026
Since the mid-1980s, when the nation (led by California) shut down public mental hospitals (a response to patient abuses and a tax-cutting move), that segment of the health care world has languished.
—Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hospitals
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Nor are they provided with their own sets of keys to access infirmaries, clinics, housing units and psych wards.—
Mary Buser,
New York Daily News,
12 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In a video posted to social media, Puerto Leguizamo Deputy Mayor Carlos Claros said the bodies of the victims were taken to the small town's morgue and that the only two clinics in town treated the injured before they were flown to larger cities.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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In a video posted on social media, Deputy Mayor Carlos Claros said that the bodies of the victims were taken to the small town's morgue, and that the only two clinics in town treated the injured before they were flown to larger cities.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 Mar. 2026
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