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 Those suffering from a heat stroke who are not cooled down in time face the risk of organ failure and death. — Danielle J. Brown, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2026 Full-body MRIs promise to scan every organ in a single session. — Felicity Yost, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 Exertional heat stroke can strike young, fit athletes when exercise pushes internal temperatures to 100 to 104 degrees, and further increases can trigger cascading organ failure, brain damage and death. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026 The program, called THRIVE, will back seven different teams pursuing various groups of conditions affecting different organ systems. — Jason Mast, STAT, 9 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for organ

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Noun

There were at least six deaths alone in 2022, the newspaper reported.

— Michael Loria, USA Today, 7 July 2026
Joel Halldorf is Professor of Church History and a public intellectual in Scandinavia, with regular contributions to leading newspapers and cultural journals in Sweden and Norway.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026

Definition of newspaper

Noun

The center’s resources—all free—include more than a million books and periodicals, with 400 terminals and 75 staff members available to help dig through them.

— Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
Galaxy, Analog, and Amazing Stories, those three periodicals – and our bathroom was piled high.

— Ben Mankiewicz, CBS News, 7 June 2026

Definition of periodical

Noun

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
Holding the weight of cotton’s influence on the world, and thus the instrumentality of Black labor, is painful, yet necessary work.

— Cierra Black, Essence, 9 July 2025

Definition of instrumentality

Noun

This project, described in the journal Additive Manufacturing, is currently a research demonstration, not a plug-and-play industrial process.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 July 2026
Joel Halldorf is Professor of Church History and a public intellectual in Scandinavia, with regular contributions to leading newspapers and cultural journals in Sweden and Norway.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026

Definition of journal

Noun

Making the final means the Huskies could be very good this fall.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
Workers and advocates say losing those employees will cost the airport knowledgeable workers and leave their families without means to support themselves.

— Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 11 July 2026

Definition of means

Noun

Still a problem was the camera’s smaller-than-usual three-minute film magazine, which meant changing magazines in the middle of intense dramatic scenes, a situation Nolan had to plan for.

— Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
The country music singer and TikTok sensation, who previously opened up about his battle with binge eating, shared his progress on his weight loss journey in a new interview with People magazine published Saturday, July 4.

— Edward Segarra, USA Today, 6 July 2026

Definition of magazine

Noun

These gateways address growing concerns about ungoverned AI agents directly interacting with production systems, offering vital governance, security, cost management, and observability.

— Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
The agent confiscated the letter, carried by Cuban businessman Roberto Carlos Chamizo, and sent him back to Havana.

— Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026

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