- past tense form of institutionalize.
- past participle of institutionalize.
institutionalized
Example Sentences
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“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
Without such unpaid family support, older adults would go without care or end up in institutionalized care, which would further burden the healthcare system and public programs like Medicaid.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 26, 2026
What once lived only in employees’ heads, built through years of experience and hard-won expertise, is increasingly being institutionalized in real time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 15, 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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