institutionalize

Example Sentences

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The complaint includes children who have been institutionalized for services that they were previously recommended to receive — and say they were entitled to receive, given the Medicaid Act — in their communities or homes.

From Seattle Times

He walked out after a few days, put off by feeling “institutionalized,” he told Suarez.

From Seattle Times

Previously physicians often advised parents to institutionalize disabled children, perhaps not realizing the horrible conditions in which they would live.

From Scientific American

President Trump's pursuit of attention-based politics with digital media became institutionalized and he ritually performed as expected by alluring supporters.

From Salon

The Lanterman-Petris-Short Act transformed decades of institutionalized care that was often tragically coercive.

From Los Angeles Times