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hospital

[hos-pi-tl] / ˈhɒs pɪ tl /
NOUN
place where ill, injured are treated
Synonyms
STRONGEST
clinic emergency room hospice institution nursing home ward
STRONG
infirmary sanatorium sanitarium surgery
WEAK
health service rest home sick bay

Example Sentences

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In a federal hospital in Seattle in the 1960s, researchers began testing a radical new therapy on patients near death from blood cancers: a bone-marrow transplant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

I spent weeks in the hospital, enduring many of the expected side effects from the chemo regimen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

The officer was taken to a hospital and later released.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

Becky also used her experience working in the burns unit at the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead to help develop a service at her local hospital in Sierra Leone.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

After he got out of the hospital, he had the Weather Channel on twenty-four hours a day.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith

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