sanitorium

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Recent Examples of sanitorium 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 My great-grandmother died from tuberculosis in a sanitorium with concrete floors. Ben Lerner, The New York Review of Books, 23 July 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sanitorium
Noun
  • With Hans Castorp still in his first week at the sanatorium, Mann abandoned the manuscript as Europe plunged into unprecedented destruction.
    George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Mieczysław Wojnicz, a young Polish engineer in training, has arrived at the sanatorium in Göbersdorf, a resort town in the Silesian mountains near the current Polish-Czech border.
    Robert Rubsam, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • Camp and sanitarium admissions were voluntary, but may have been subject to family pressures.
    Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2018
Noun
  • The man was taken to a Fargo, N.D., hospital by ambulance to be treated for a single gunshot wound.
    Matt Henson, Twin Cities, 9 Nov. 2024
  • Two people, not firefighters, were injured and taken to a hospital, Ventura County Sheriff James Fryhoff said.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Per reports, Fritz died on September 30 from the complications of a stroke while in hospice care.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Assignments include service dog training, construction work, clerking positions, computer coding, hospice care and janitorial jobs.
    Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024

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“Sanitorium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanitorium. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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