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And Davos itself is a microcosm of this microcosm: a landscape of Burkean sublimity whose rarefied air brought tuberculosis patients to its slopes for decades before the development of streptomycin began to empty out the sanatoriums, which over time refashioned themselves as hotels.
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Caitlín Doherty, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
The ongoing war is not a focus of the doc but rears its ugly head like a pin threatening to burst the sanatorium bubble when the alarms go off.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2025
In the wake of his disturbing discovery, Wojnicz tries to focus on the concrete rituals of sanatorium life: the cold showers and long hikes, the simple food and hard drinking, the long debates with his fellow patients about history and philosophy.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
The most popular treatment involved isolated sanatoriums in high-altitude areas such as the Adirondacks and the Rocky Mountains, where the cold, dry air was believed to be a cure.
—Karen Dobos, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2025
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Caitlín Doherty, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
The ongoing war is not a focus of the doc but rears its ugly head like a pin threatening to burst the sanatorium bubble when the alarms go off.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2025
In the wake of his disturbing discovery, Wojnicz tries to focus on the concrete rituals of sanatorium life: the cold showers and long hikes, the simple food and hard drinking, the long debates with his fellow patients about history and philosophy.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
The most popular treatment involved isolated sanatoriums in high-altitude areas such as the Adirondacks and the Rocky Mountains, where the cold, dry air was believed to be a cure.
—Karen Dobos, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sanatorium
Noun
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Bolsheviks shot its monks in the first years of the Soviet Union, and converted the complex into a sanitarium and a cinema.—
Ainara Tiefenthäler,
New York Times,
19 Dec. 2022
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Camp and sanitarium admissions were voluntary, but may have been subject to family pressures.—
Neuroskeptic,
Discover Magazine,
21 Feb. 2018
Noun
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Fazekas said a police officer and a library maintenance worker, who both helped extinguish the small blaze, were treated for smoke inhalation at a local hospital.—
Carole Carlson,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, prosecutors said.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
14 July 2025
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The author, who lived and worked in a cabin in Utopia, Texas had briefly been in hospice care.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
12 July 2025
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The law also significantly expands the list of qualifying conditions to include post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic pain, traumatic brain injury, Crohn’s disease, terminal illness, and conditions treated under hospice or palliative care.—
Alonzo Martinez,
Forbes.com,
2 July 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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“Sanatorium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanatorium. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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