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 Two firefighters were hospitalized with heat exhaustion after battling a fire that spread across multiple floors of a downtown Sacramento building early Thursday, the Sacramento Fire Department said. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 2026 The person was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries, police said. — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026 Pike has been hospitalized for nearly a week after being injected with two ostensibly fatal doses of pentobarbital, her attorneys said. — Devon M. Sayers, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026 The plane landed in Tabuk, in northwestern Saudi Arabia, where the pilot and co-pilot were hospitalized. — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hospitalize

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Top running back Fluff Bothwell, who entered the game nursing a lower-body injury, carried the ball only once for 1 yard on the Bulldogs' opening series and watched the second half with a boot on his left foot.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Both Caleb Douglas, the Dolphins rookie standout, and Justin Jefferson, the Vikings’ All-Pro receiver, are nursing ankle injuries.

— Omar Kelly October 1, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026

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The TikTok user who posted the video of Anderson suggested that the women had booked to attend eight performances.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his Bulgarian counterpart Rumen Radev attended a ceremony at Thessaloniki's Museum of Byzantine Civilization, where the remains were kept, before the handover.

— COSTAS KANTOURIS, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026

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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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