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Recent Examples of sanitarium
Patients who, in the opinion of camp staff, are a risk to themselves or others are chained down by the foot in a building called 'the sanitarium', for as long as the staff feel is necessary.
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Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2018
Among them was a TB sanitarium that became the seed for today’s City of Hope, the renowned cancer treatment and research center.
—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
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Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2018
Among them was a TB sanitarium that became the seed for today’s City of Hope, the renowned cancer treatment and research center.
—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
See All Example Sentences for sanitarium
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sanitarium
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The overall look was sort of old-school sanatorium, slightly updated but with zero indulgence to luxury—definitely not a place for flaunting Birkins.—
Tiziana Cardini,
Vogue,
11 Mar. 2025
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Yeah, sure, his life was sad: sanatoriums, paranoia, unfinished novels, early death.—
Carlos Valladares,
ARTnews.com,
3 Jan. 2025
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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
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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
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The late singer had reportedly entered hospice care earlier in the week, Saving Country Music reported.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
10 May 2025
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Rodriguez died on Friday after entering hospice care.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
10 May 2025
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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
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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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“Sanitarium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanitarium. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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