sanatorium

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Recent Examples of sanatorium In the wake of his disturbing discovery, Wojnicz tries to focus on the concrete rituals of sanatorium life: the cold showers and long hikes, the simple food and hard drinking, the long debates with his fellow patients about history and philosophy. Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018 The most popular treatment involved isolated sanatoriums in high-altitude areas such as the Adirondacks and the Rocky Mountains, where the cold, dry air was believed to be a cure. Karen Dobos, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2025 Two days later, HUR relocated the men to a sanatorium in the woods outside Minsk. Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025 In a picturesque river valley outside the northern city of Chuncheon, an old elementary school has been converted into a café and resort that resembles a high-end sanatorium, with blond wood and poured concrete. Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sanatorium
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Noun
  • Bolsheviks shot its monks in the first years of the Soviet Union, and converted the complex into a sanitarium and a cinema.
    Ainara Tiefenthäler, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Camp and sanitarium admissions were voluntary, but may have been subject to family pressures.
    Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2018
Noun
  • The twisters caused significant damage, toppling trees and sending one person to the hospital after a roof caved in, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, part of the USA TODAY Network, reported.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 17 May 2025
  • Read More Nurse lied 3 times about visiting VA patient who died at Texas hospital, feds say Christiana Ogbonnaya, a former nurse at a Houston veterans’ hospital, is accused of lying about checking on a patient who later died.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • The late singer had reportedly entered hospice care earlier in the week, Saving Country Music reported.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 10 May 2025
  • Rodriguez died on Friday after entering hospice care.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • On Neurosyphilis and Fighting Fire with Fire Staten Island's Sea View sanitorium was abandoned in the 1970s and has laid in ruins, devoured by the surrounding vegetation for many decades.
    Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 27 Jan. 2016
  • 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

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