sanitorium

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Recent Examples of sanitorium Established in 1855 as a military post to fight against the Mescalero Apache, the fort went on to play a minor role in the Civil War and later served as a tuberculosis sanitorium and a World War II internment camp. Allison Savage Bates, Denver Post, 19 July 2026 Italian designer Matteo Thun was responsible for the makeover of what used to be a sanitorium. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026 My great-grandmother died from tuberculosis in a sanitorium with concrete floors. Ben Lerner, The New York Review of Books, 23 July 2020 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sanitorium
Noun
  • The house was so quiet, with floors made of the same marble as the maze, and curtains of pale velvet and four-poster beds, and the sanatorium feeling of glasses of milk that appeared daily on her bedside table.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
  • The site was home to a sanatorium for internal diseases in the early 20th century, founded by the physician Theodor Büdingen.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2026
Noun
  • The estate later transitioned into a sanitarium that hosted the likes of Zelda Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 July 2026
  • Her sanitarium was the talk of the world in 1912.
    Gregg Olsen, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • The 70-mile roundtrip to the hospital now costs more due to higher gas prices.
    Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Clancy checked herself into a psychiatric hospital that New Year’s Eve and spent several days there.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • And many people don't actually enter hospice until the final weeks of their life.
    Dana Taylor, USA Today, 29 July 2026
  • Her body had recently arrived at the lab following a stay in hospice.
    John Semley, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026

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“Sanitorium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanitorium. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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