as in to nurse
to place (someone) in a hospital for care or treatment
The doctor wants to hospitalize her for a few days so that he can run some tests.
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Recent Examples of hospitalize
Babies can wind up hospitalized or even die from the bacterial infection.
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Lisa Jarvis, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2025
He was hospitalized twice in 2023, once due to a respiratory infection and the other time to undergo surgery to repair a hernia in his abdominal wall and remove scar tissue.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
Although the virus typically doesn’t cause severe illness in healthy adults and children, some people with RSV — especially older adults and very young infants — can become very sick and may need to be hospitalized, the agency said.
—Kendrick Marshall, Sacramento Bee, 10 Jan. 2025
Two additional individuals were hospitalized with unspecified injuries as of Wednesday.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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Lisa Jarvis, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2025
He was hospitalized twice in 2023, once due to a respiratory infection and the other time to undergo surgery to repair a hernia in his abdominal wall and remove scar tissue.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
Although the virus typically doesn’t cause severe illness in healthy adults and children, some people with RSV — especially older adults and very young infants — can become very sick and may need to be hospitalized, the agency said.
—Kendrick Marshall, Sacramento Bee, 10 Jan. 2025
Two additional individuals were hospitalized with unspecified injuries as of Wednesday.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hospitalize
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The vegetation—fire fuel—will grow back, fire season will keep lengthening into wind season, and the combination of drought and wind will nurse an errant spark.—
Zoë Schlanger,
The Atlantic,
18 Jan. 2025
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Pacheco is nursing a rib injury this week Pacheco has dealt with a couple of injuries this season, so his health ahead of Saturday’s game has been something to watch.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
17 Jan. 2025
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Rod Laver Arena was then treated to a magical display of tennis as Djokovic and Alcaraz went toe-to-toe.—
Ben Church,
CNN,
21 Jan. 2025
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We have been treated very badly from this foolish gift that should have never been made, and Panama's promise to us has been broken.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA TODAY,
21 Jan. 2025
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Two women who ran a day care service in Georgia have been arrested after police accused them of drugging children before naps.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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Authorities say that the night before, New Year’s Eve 2020, Janks, then 36, drugged Merriman with pain and sleeping pills before fatally suffocating him.—
Liam Quinn,
People.com,
12 Jan. 2025
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Snow attended the December opening of FORDify the Arts courtyard behind the CityArts building downtown.—
Dewayne Bevil,
Orlando Sentinel,
25 Jan. 2025
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Lili Estefan, host of Univision’s El Gordo y la Flaca, attended the resort’s 50th year anniversary in October.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
25 Jan. 2025
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The juvenile told deputies the man was swerving and dosing off, stopping at green lights and almost crashing into a pole.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
14 Jan. 2025
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Insert the portafilter underneath the conical burr grinder and the machine will dose out the perfect amount of coffee grounds.—
Jaina Grey,
WIRED,
12 Jan. 2025
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“Hospitalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hospitalize. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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