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Recent Examples of sanitarium
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
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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
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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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In the six months since the bill’s last debate in parliament, more than 120,000 young adults have started smoking, claimed the letter, signed by the leaders of major hospitals, cancer charities, and branches of the National Health Service (NHS).—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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Another male was taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Kathleen is sharing her family’s story with PEOPLE as part of Children’s Respite Homes of America, a national movement working to expand pediatric respite and hospice care across the United States.—
Wendy Grossman Kantor,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Mike Rotunda, a WWE legend known as IRS and father of the late wrestler Bray Wyatt, has entered hospice at 67, according to his loved ones.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
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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 7 Nov. 2025.
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