Thesaurus results for INFIRMARIES

infirmaries

noun

plural of infirmary

as in hospitals

a place for the treatment of those who are ill or injured The school's infirmary has reported an increase in flu cases.

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Recent Examples of infirmaries Polly had spent years moving between workhouses and infirmaries, sometimes returning to her father’s house. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Aug. 2026 What's more, some travel insurance companies don’t cover visits to ship infirmaries. — Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2026 Nor are they provided with their own sets of keys to access infirmaries, clinics, housing units and psych wards. — Mary Buser, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2026

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In a statement to PEOPLE, a Fort Collins Police spokesperson confirmed that six individuals were transported by ambulance to area hospitals, including the driver, who was described only as an adult male.

— Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
The owners of Weiss and West Suburban have been fighting one another in court for months over the hospitals’ futures.

— Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026

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The government created a national preventive care program decades ago and gave every citizen a right to regular checkups, which gave clinics a reason to buy expensive machines, which brought the volume that pays for the expensive machines.

— Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Expand specialty and preventive care, modernize infrastructure, and create a regional network intended to serve 2,400 rural residents by Year 5, expand services in 10 clinics, and increase provider data sharing.

— Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2026

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