institutionalized

Example Sentences

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“It might actually be worse because there’s nothing institutionalized about any of this.”

From Salon • May 19, 2026

Without such unpaid family support, older adults would go without care or end up in institutionalized care, which would further burden the healthcare system and public programs like Medicaid.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

Still, Alary said, even when he was institutionalized and forced to be without his phone, he was itching to get back to Aimee as soon as he was let out.

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2026

Alice’s thoughts spin out of control; she grows paranoid and reckless; soon she is in the grip of a complete psychotic breakdown and has to be institutionalized.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

When supernatural beliefs gained those functions and became institutionalized, they were thereby transformed into what we term a religion.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond