sanatorium

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Recent Examples of sanatorium Among the films vying for the international prize is The Kartli Kingdom, directed by Tamar Kalandadze and Julien Pebrel, an exploration of a former sanatorium in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi that shelters refugees from the brutal 1990s war in Abkhazia. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 13 Nov. 2025 Stevenson’s stay had put the mountain sanatorium on the map. Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2025 The thriller — more horrific than straight-up scary — is worth checking out, if only for the late Brittany Murphy's nervy turn as a razor-wielding woman confined to a sanatorium. Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025 Now, the sanatorium hosts public and private tours and paranormal investigations for those interested in exploring the building. Keely Doll, Louisville Courier Journal, 8 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sanatorium
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Noun
  • He was injured in a car accident in New York City following the 1912 World Series, and two months later died aboard a train while enroute to California to recuperate at a sanitarium.
    Libby Cierzniak, IndyStar, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The hospice is more like a sanitarium, a European spa our parents might have frequented before the war.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Asha was admitted at the hospital on late Saturday with a chest infection and exhaustion, her granddaughter Zanai Bhosle said in a social media post.
    ABC News, ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • According to law enforcement, the victim was taken to the hospital in critical condition.
    Nick Lentz, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • According to Medicare data, the average California hospice physician cares for roughly 140 patients annually.
    Grace Manthey, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The defendants were accused of running sham hospice care facilities that defrauded Medicare by using people without terminal illnesses as beneficiaries, according to the California Justice Department.
    Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Inside the Old Louisville murder house: This Old Louisville mansion was home to a grave in a wine cellar, a sanitorium and a cult.
    Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 25 May 2022
  • My great-grandmother died from tuberculosis in a sanitorium with concrete floors.
    Ben Lerner, The New York Review of Books, 23 July 2020

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“Sanatorium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanatorium. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.

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