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infirmary

[in-fur-muh-ree] / ɪnˈfɜr mə ri /
NOUN
clinic
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Working as a cook at the local infirmary, she attends a revival meeting that proves pivotal to her development.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

For the jail’s infirmary, there are options including adding new steel-braced frames.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2024

Wednesday at a hospital in Trenton after he was found unresponsive in his cell in the New Jersey State Prison infirmary, news outlets reported, citing the state department of corrections.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 20, 2024

One woman, a BBC journalist who does not want to be named, said she knew her newborn son was seriously ill within minutes of giving birth at the infirmary in 2021.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2023

None of the professors who had welcomed them to graduate school were around when it came time to take them to the infirmary or to the airport.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez




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