- past tense form of institutionalize.
- past participle of institutionalize.
institutionalized
Example Sentences
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“Resurrectionists” – body snatchers – exhumed the recently buried, disproportionately targeting the poor, the institutionalized and those without family protection or the financial means to guard graves.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 21, 2026
“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
In the winter of that year, after yet another breakdown with hallucinations and hissing internal voices, he was institutionalized.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
