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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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Investigators, however, have not been able to find records of patients from the time the sanatorium closed.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
12 Feb. 2026
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These prescriptive measures took place in isolated medical facilities known as sanatoriums, and some of the fancier ones resembled a cross between a hospital and a resort.—
Outside,
Outside,
31 Jan. 2026
Noun
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He was injured in a car accident in New York City following the 1912 World Series, and two months later died aboard a train while enroute to California to recuperate at a sanitarium.—
Libby Cierzniak,
IndyStar,
20 Feb. 2026
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The hospice is more like a sanitarium, a European spa our parents might have frequented before the war.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Deputies began life-saving measures and she was taken to a nearby hospital in an ambulance.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
15 Mar. 2026
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From the hospital, the women went to a police station to file a report.—
SYDNEY PAGE THE WASHINGTON POST,
Arkansas Online,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In the most extreme case, a single medical director has been listed as working simultaneously at 45 different hospices.—
Graham Kates,
CBS News,
9 Mar. 2026
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But also, the way that the hospice nurses are so compassionate and calm and present, but at the same time detached.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Sanitorium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanitorium. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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