- past participle of institutionalize.
- past tense form of institutionalize.
institutionalized
Example Sentences
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But the siblings worried about Walker’s mental health, and agreed he needed to be institutionalized.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
The judge said there wasn’t sufficient evidence of ongoing institutionalized racial discrimination at Harvard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
“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
He was institutionalized for the remainder of his life.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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