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sanatorium

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as in sanitarium

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Recent Examples of sanatorium Thousands of patients passed through the sanatorium before antibiotics dramatically reduced tuberculosis deaths. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 June 2026 My favorite hike happened to start at my favorite hotel, Rooms Kazbegi, an old Soviet sanatorium that’s been given a glow-up. — Lori Rackl, Twin Cities, 31 May 2026 The Inhalatorium, the feature-length animation debut by director and animator Bára Anna Stejskalová, follows a 13-year-old girl who arrives at a mountain sanatorium to treat her asthma. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2026 Investigators, however, have not been able to find records of patients from the time the sanatorium closed. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 12 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sanatorium

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Noun

That quickly comes in handy when Clancy, a sadistic guard, tells the inmates they’re being shipped to the infamous sanitarium Saint Mabyn’s.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
The estate later transitioned into a sanitarium that hosted the likes of Zelda Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 July 2026

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Three people died at the scene and a fourth man later died in hospital, regional military administration head Oleksandr Hanzha reported, while over a dozen people were injured.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
The vehicle arrived at a hospital, where Kohen was pronounced dead, and another individual was critically injured, according to authorities.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2026

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One of his quilts was raffled off at the Angola Prison Rodeo, a biannual public event, and raised $30,000 for the hospice program.

— Sea Stachura, NPR, 21 Oct. 2026
Shirley has since visited other states in the US under similar pretenses, showing up unannounced to grocery stores and hospice centers in search of evidence of fraud.

— Mia Sato, The Verge, 20 Oct. 2026

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Established in 1855 as a military post to fight against the Mescalero Apache, the fort went on to play a minor role in the Civil War and later served as a tuberculosis sanitorium and a World War II internment camp.

— Allison Savage Bates, Denver Post, 19 July 2026
Italian designer Matteo Thun was responsible for the makeover of what used to be a sanitorium.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026

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