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Among them was a TB sanitarium that became the seed for today’s City of Hope, the renowned cancer treatment and research center.
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2022
When Hoover was a teen-ager, Dickerson was institutionalized for a time at a sanitarium in Laurel, Maryland.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
The map that indicates which rooms are situated in the old hospital wings, like the sanitarium, add to the spookiness.
—Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 24 Oct. 2022
In the early 1900s, 1 out of 7 people in the U.S. and Europe died from what was then called consumption, while others were quarantined for life in a sanitarium.
—Christian Millman, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2018
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2022
When Hoover was a teen-ager, Dickerson was institutionalized for a time at a sanitarium in Laurel, Maryland.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
The map that indicates which rooms are situated in the old hospital wings, like the sanitarium, add to the spookiness.
—Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 24 Oct. 2022
In the early 1900s, 1 out of 7 people in the U.S. and Europe died from what was then called consumption, while others were quarantined for life in a sanitarium.
—Christian Millman, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sanitarium
Noun
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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
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For a local experience, book a treatment at one of Jurmala’s historic sanatoriums.—
Becca Blond,
AFAR Media,
1 Aug. 2025
Noun
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In April, firefighter paramedic Graham Hoffman, 29, died after being stabbed in the chest in the back of an ambulance while transporting a patient to a hospital on what started as a medical call from the police.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
9 Sep. 2025
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After her first three babies came home, Ness kept up her daily visits to the hospital, bundling up her infants to sit with their sister.—
Jeff Truesdell,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The high-school reunion is, as far as popular imagination tells it, dead—or, at the least, in extended hospice care.—
Jordan Michelman,
The Atlantic,
4 Sep. 2025
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At age 96, on Thursday morning under hospice care at the UHealth Tower hospital in Miami, Schaecter died a warrior for those causes.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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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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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“Sanitarium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanitarium. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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