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convalescent

[kon-vuh-les-uhnt] / ˌkɒn vəˈlɛs ənt /


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Miners' social welfare payments also funded convalescent homes for injured miners.

From BBC

Around 6 a.m., radio traffic from the area called for more help evacuating a “four-story convalescent home” at the address of the MonteCedro community.

From Los Angeles Times

At 8:03 p.m., an emergency message alerts firefighters to another crisis: “Flames impinging on a convalescent hospital. Evacuations in progress. No fire department on scene.”

From Los Angeles Times

Perhaps the most pitiful image was of elderly residents being evacuated from a convalescent home in the city of Altadena, where the Eaton fire currently spans more than 2,000 acres.

From BBC

Sindle remembers liking that Cox had a job at the local convalescent hospital and a Chevy Monte Carlo, which he often slept in, parking it at a nearby church.

From Los Angeles Times