sanitorium

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Recent Examples of sanitorium Italian designer Matteo Thun was responsible for the makeover of what used to be a sanitorium. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026 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 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
  • My favorite hike happened to start at my favorite hotel, Rooms Kazbegi, an old Soviet sanatorium that’s been given a glow-up.
    Lori Rackl, Twin Cities, 31 May 2026
  • The Inhalatorium, the feature-length animation debut by director and animator Bára Anna Stejskalová, follows a 13-year-old girl who arrives at a mountain sanatorium to treat her asthma.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • After the fair, the Spanish consulate donated the building to the City of Chicago for use as a fresh-air sanitarium.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
  • One tricky problem Harvey Kellogg tried to solve at the sanitarium was treating the many patients there who suffered from severe gastrointestinal issues.
    Heather Bushman, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Many of the victims were transported to nearby hospitals for treatment, according to police.
    Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 7 June 2026
  • Clover was released from the hospital in February and has brainstormed a new way to meet visitors at the ball—this time, by golf cart.
    Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
Noun
  • State regulators have suspended hundreds of hospice licenses amid allegations of fraudulent billing and phantom patient schemes.
    Sally Pipes, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • In a Medi-Cal hospice case charged this April in California, prosecutors said operators bought SSNs from breach dumps and enrolled non-California residents as terminally ill hospice patients, then billed the state for visits that never happened.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2026

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“Sanitorium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanitorium. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.

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