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

“It was pretty much being institutionalized, but you get to go home at night,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 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

He was still involved with the legal system and was always under the threat of being institutionalized again if somebody bothered to check on him.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers