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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.
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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
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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
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Their status granted them access to isolated sanatoriums in the countryside where food and safety were guaranteed.Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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The sanatorium was closed and badly damaged during a bloody civil war in the 1990s.Valerie Hopkins, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2024
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What happens during cataract surgery Cataract surgery is an outpatient procedure that’s typically done in an ambulatory surgical center, though it may be done in a hospital setting.Perri Ormont Blumberg, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
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Santiago was rushed to an area hospital where she was pronounced dead at 10:52 p.m., the warrant affidavit said.Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 16 Jan. 2025
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Carter entered hospice care in February 2023 and died Dec. 29, 2024.Lauryn Overhultz, Fox News, 10 Jan. 2025
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His mother dying in hospice care and his teenage children (Sam McCarthy and Jayden Bartels) coming to stay at his Brooklyn home for the summer is enough.Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 10 Jan. 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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“Sanitarium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanitarium. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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