Thesaurus results for HOSPITALIZE

hospitalize

verb

Definition of hospitalize

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 Sanchez was charged with felony battery in connection with the October 2025 incident, which left him and the truck driver -- Perry Tole -- hospitalized. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 Both officers were hospitalized in Fairfield and later released. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026 The Pope will stay hospitalized for several days, and his schedule is cleared for at least a week. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026 Pope was hospitalized for typhoid fever in 1985 This is believed to be the second hospitalization for Leo, who is known to be sporty and in good shape, with weekly tennis games and swimming. — Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hospitalize

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For years, Pollock’s brother Sande had nursed him through alcoholism and breakdowns, but then Krasner stepped in.

— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026
In 2023, 32-year old Lauren Norris felt pain while nursing her youngest of three children.

— Roni Robbins, AJC.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of nurse

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Rather than relying solely on conventional T cells, future treatments may be able to exploit gamma delta T cells to expose a vulnerability in a cancer that has proved exceptionally difficult to treat.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026
The hospital in question denied that Talarico had ever been treated there.

— Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of treat

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Recurring nightmares Juana Rodriguez attended the festival with her three-year-old son.

— Philip Wang, Time, 19 Oct. 2026
Kaylub Giamanco, whose children attend the school, had earlier seen the shooter open fire on a man who verbally confronted the suspect outside the school.

— Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of attend

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Circuit training required a lower exercise dose to reach the maximum benefit, at around 580 MET-minutes per week.

— Currie Engel, HEALTH, 27 Sep. 2026
The company said initial results showed the chips could withstand a total ionizing radiation dose greater than what they would be expected to receive during a five-year space mission.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2026

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