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hospitals

NOUN

place where ill, injured are treated

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clinic emergency room hospice institution nursing home ward

STRONG

infirmary sanatorium sanitarium surgery

WEAK

health service rest home sick bay

Example Sentences

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For long-term-care hospitals, initial rejection rates were as high as 80%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

NHS analysis found that 20 trusts accounted for more than half of the cases of corridor care in A&E, while 20 trusts also accounted for more than two thirds elsewhere in hospitals.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

“Such a scenario would be disastrous not only for Cedars-Sinai but for hospitals across Los Angeles and California,” Helfand said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The Nationalists countered with four new hospitals on an island you can drive across in under an hour.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026

Health-care delivery is what doctors now do, along with hospitals and the other professionals who work with doctors, now known collectively as the health providers.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas