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hospice

[hos-pis] / ˈhɒs pɪs /


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My father is 91 and currently in hospice care.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

Its CEO, Trevor McCartney, welcomed the funding and said "it's really good news for the hospice sector" which "has been suffering from a genuine crisis of funding".

From BBC • May 22, 2026

That he wasn’t able to, he told the BBC while in hospice, he found “a bit annoying.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

"He notified everybody that he was in hospice, so it was just a matter of time. He was certainly at peace with himself," Jim Segel, Frank's former campaign manager, told Axios.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

“I’ll just be a minute,” she said, after my father’s wife reintroduced her as his hospice physician.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat




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