Thesaurus results for ORGAN

organ

noun

ˈȯr-gən

Definition of organ

as in newspaper

a publication that appears at regular intervals that newspaper is intended as an organ for the whole university community

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as in instrument

something used to achieve an end uses the business as an organ to fund a variety of political and social causes

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Recent Examples of organ Treatment for rhabdo can vary depending on severity of injuries or organ damage. — ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026 But what about the organ responsible for making sense of it all? — Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2026 Baza, the Russian investigative Telegram channel, reported that the venue was evacuated on Saturday, cutting an organ concert short with about 10 minutes left, as well as canceling a concert dedicated to folk traditions of the North Caucasus region. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 3 Nov. 2026 For those looking for a stew-like meal with winter approaching, the eatery serves Papaitan, a Filipino soup with meat, ginger, garlic, onions, Thai chili peppers and other animal organs. — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 2 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for organ

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Noun

All but one mainstream newspaper have criticized the revisions, and media surveys show a large majority of the public support female monarchs or maternal-line succession.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Some Ukrainian officials told the newspaper that the system had not been restored to full functionality but was working at higher speeds than under the cap.

— Reuters, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of newspaper

Noun

In whatever this biennial is conveying about our collective crisis in spirituality, is the art an instrument or merely a symptom?

— Kristian Vistrup Madsen, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
That decision also gave Al Mahmood an opportunity to root the film more firmly in the UAE, weaving local instruments, clothing and even songs playing with the names of different fish into the story.

— Essie Assibu, Variety, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of instrument

Noun

Sexism landed her in a fringe periodical, and her endorsement of the quackery of purgatives gave her a headline.

— Jim Downs, STAT, 30 Oct. 2026
Gates, who now stewards the photographic archives and periodicals of the Johnson Publishing Company, has exhibited it in different forms.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of periodical

Noun

Advertisement The war on terror represented a failed effort to impose a unipolar order on the world, one that could no longer rely on the economic instrumentality of globalization alone.

— Faisal Devji, Time, 11 Sep. 2026
Issued by the Wyoming Stable Token Commission, a state instrumentality created under the Wyoming Stable Token Act (2023), FRNT is fully reserved and managed in partnership with Franklin Templeton.

— Jason Brett, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2026

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Noun

Analysts attributed elevated gas prices to ongoing fighting in the Middle East, which has damaged oil infrastructure and forced firms to take up costly means of transporting crude.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
Only Washington, North Carolina and Oregon tracked rejection rates with enough detail to distinguish ballots received in the mail from those received by some other means, like a ballot drop box.

— Ken B. Morales, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of means

Noun

Web Behrens is a freelance writer and contributing Go editor for Chicago magazine.

— Web Behrens, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
And in 2015, Olson determined the precise time of day that Life magazine photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt took his most famous photograph (V-J- Day in Times Square) on August 14, 1945.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of magazine

Noun

The Information reported that Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth has discussed humanoid robots internally as a potential physical embodiment of the company’s Muse AI agent.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2026
To tout their readiness for the midterms, Fulton County officials invited media to the same sprawling elections hub where FBI agents seized more than 650 boxes of ballots and other 2020 election records nine months ago.

— Caleb Groves, AJC.com, 1 Nov. 2026

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