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hospitals

noun

plural of hospital

as in infirmaries

a place for the treatment of those who are ill or injured She spent several days in the hospital after the accident.

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Recent Examples of hospitals Think housing, hospitals, schools, clean energy, water, transportation, wildfire prevention and broadband. — Kiara Adams, Sacbee.com, 27 Oct. 2026 In this latest report, the commission describes the dire impacts of prolonged cold exposure on Ukrainian civilians, saying that the country’s medical authorities documented deaths caused by low temperatures in homes, and even in hospitals. — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026 To combat inertia, the team installs the Alluminox platform in hospitals free of charge, and charge them only a minimal fee per use. — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026 Florida’s law requires hospitals to have protocols to assess and treat patients at risk of blood clots and train hospital staff to recognize the symptoms of venous thromboembolism. — Ali Ataya, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026 The findings come after a similar discovery last year in York, England, where a sinkhole in a city street exposed the remains of one of northern England's largest medieval hospitals. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026 The deaths were confirmed by officials from Shifa, Hamad, Nasser and Al-Aqsa hospitals, as well as an American field hospital. — ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026 Beyond making buildings more comfortable, air conditioning has supported industrial processes, laboratories, hospitals, and data centers where temperature and humidity control matter. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026 Military liaison officers were assisting families at hospitals in Edmonton, Calgary, Red Deer and Wainwright. — Rob Gillies, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

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Polly had spent years moving between workhouses and infirmaries, sometimes returning to her father’s house.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Aug. 2026
What's more, some travel insurance companies don’t cover visits to ship infirmaries.

— Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2026

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Staff who work at harm reduction clinics set up specifically to help men who use steroids tell me that twenty years ago there were fewer users, and those users took longer breaks between cycles at lower doses.

— Gavin Francis, The New York Review of Books, 24 Oct. 2026
In everyday shopping centers, clinics offer health screening and elective care.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2026

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