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hospitalizations

  • plural
    of hospitalization.
    hospitalization
    noun
    the act, process, or state of being hospitalized.

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Walker’s illness — which included seizures and frequent hospitalizations — prevented her from traveling out of state, said Molly Duane, one of the family’s attorneys.

From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026

Between May 1 and Tuesday, the CDC recorded 12,883 laboratory-confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis, 570 hospitalizations and 2 cyclosporiasis-related deaths.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

The number of heart failure-related hospitalizations was higher than the number of newly diagnosed heart failure cases because hospitals may enter a variety of related diagnostic codes.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026

Bad things happen when we don’t get enough of it, the main one being dehydration, a leading preventable cause of hospitalizations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Local police acknowledged that no significant level of violence was associated with crack in Seattle and that other drugs were causing more hospitalizations, but steadfastly maintained that their deployment decisions were nondiscriminatory.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander