sanitorium

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Recent Examples of sanitorium 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sanitorium
Noun
  • Investigators, however, have not been able to find records of patients from the time the sanatorium closed.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 12 Feb. 2026
  • These prescriptive measures took place in isolated medical facilities known as sanatoriums, and some of the fancier ones resembled a cross between a hospital and a resort.
    Outside, Outside, 31 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • He was injured in a car accident in New York City following the 1912 World Series, and two months later died aboard a train while enroute to California to recuperate at a sanitarium.
    Libby Cierzniak, IndyStar, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The hospice is more like a sanitarium, a European spa our parents might have frequented before the war.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The man who was shot – identified by police as the original suspect – was taken to a hospital and is listed in stable condition.
    Doug Myers, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Canoy died at a local hospital.
    Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 4 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Christopher North, who played keyboards as a founding member of the soft-rock group Ambrosia, died Monday in a hospice in Los Angeles.
    Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Hinkle died March 3 in hospice care in Austin after suffering head, back and neck injuries in a fall in his driveway five days earlier, his daughter, Melody Hinkle, told The Hollywood Reporter.
    Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2026

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“Sanitorium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanitorium. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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