sanitarium

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Recent Examples of sanitarium Patients who, in the opinion of camp staff, are a risk to themselves or others are chained down by the foot in a building called 'the sanitarium', for as long as the staff feel is necessary. Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2018 Among them was a TB sanitarium that became the seed for today’s City of Hope, the renowned cancer treatment and research center. Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2022 When Hoover was a teen-ager, Dickerson was institutionalized for a time at a sanitarium in Laurel, Maryland. Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022 The map that indicates which rooms are situated in the old hospital wings, like the sanitarium, add to the spookiness. Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 24 Oct. 2022 See All Example Sentences for sanitarium
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sanitarium
Noun
  • The overall look was sort of old-school sanatorium, slightly updated but with zero indulgence to luxury—definitely not a place for flaunting Birkins.
    Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Yeah, sure, his life was sad: sanatoriums, paranoia, unfinished novels, early death.
    Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Grass was taken to the hospital to be treated for a broken nose, among other injuries, police said.
    Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2025
  • William Oiler, 44, Harvey, was charged May 23 with leaving the scene of a personal-injury collision in connection with a May 22 head-on collision on Interstate 57 that sent an Illinois State Trooper to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries, police said.
    Dennis Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • Some doulas might be best suited to offer practical support — tending to the death directives, the scheduling of hospice care, and the logistics for after death.
    Nicole Stanton, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
  • The comedian had been in hospice care and suffering from Alzheimer’s disease for several years, the Star-Telegram previously reported.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 May 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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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“Sanitarium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanitarium. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.

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