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Recent Examples of sanitorium
Inside the Old Louisville murder house: This Old Louisville mansion was home to a grave in a wine cellar, a sanitorium and a cult.
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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
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
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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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Why show Franz playing tug-of-war naked at a sanitarium with a bunch of men wearing animal masks?—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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Just like today, drug addiction often started with painkillers given for an injury, as was the case with hunky actor Wallace Reid, who died in 1923 at a sanitarium where he was being treated for morphine addiction after a train accident.—
Pat Saperstein,
Variety,
23 Dec. 2022
Noun
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After being discovered outside the Gladstone Road address, the baby was taken to the hospital, the release noted, without naming the then 25-year-old suspect.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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As a result, same-sex couples continue to face other challenges in other aspects of daily life, from visiting their partner at hospitals to raising children, hurdles that families in many other global financial capitals that look to attract top talent no longer face.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Wallack family had long owned a building there, which in its time had been a motel and then a hospice.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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With no treatment for SSPE, he was discharged from the hospital to home hospice care and died 43 months later in 2015.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Sanitorium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanitorium. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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