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 Appendicitis is considered a medical emergency and occurs when the organ gets sore or inflamed. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026 In Phase 2b trials, the treatment showed a 49% reduction of melanoma return after patients underwent surgery and a 59% reduction of metastasization of the cancer to distant organs. — Sony Salzman, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026 Luwi’s uncle Koiye used to take brain tissue and internal organs to a colonial aid post with an airstrip. — Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026 That’s a problem because subcutaneous fat deposits in places like the hips and buttocks don’t cause as much inflammation as fat in muscles or in organs like the liver. — Literary Hub, 17 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for organ

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Still, the question of what Ebel was doing with his adepts swept through Prussia, dominating the newspapers that had only recently begun to emerge from their eighteenth-century chronicling of obligations to a more modern publicizing role.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
Spanish investigators this year shelved their case, but newspaper El Pais later reported it was reopened.

— Fabiola Zerpa, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of newspaper

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When a buyback operation retires $4 billion of 30-year bonds, that borrowing need grows by $4 billion, and with coupon auction sizes frozen, the marginal instrument is the bill.

— James Broughel, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
That’s exactly what happened with money market funds, another savings instrument that the banks fought using questionable arguments, only to be proven wrong.

— Omid Malekan, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of instrument

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People who might be lucky to have a roof over their heads gathered there to read American books and periodicals, watch American movies, listen to lectures about America, tap their toes to jazz from America.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
It is anticipated that all IEEE periodicals will be included in the Integrity Hub screening by the end of this year.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2026

Definition of periodical

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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

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Patel’s new study, published Monday in the journal JAMA Network Open, found a 15% increase in traffic fatalities on the days major new albums are released, compared with the days immediately before and after.

— Diana Anos, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
The findings are presented in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of journal

Noun

Ballistic missile attacks have increased civilian casualties and infrastructure damage across Ukraine - and Patriots are the only means of shooting them down.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
Creamer’s group then sued O’Keefe and Maass over the video and their means of achieving the undercover clips.

— Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of means

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Yet after initially acknowledging the economic struggle, the government once again accused the protesters of being foreign agents before unleashing one of the worst crackdowns in the Islamic Republic’s history.

— Leila Gharagozlou, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
Emmie – as a skit featuring Epic employees dressed as colorful AI agents illustrated – is designed to answer common questions more reliably than general-use chatbots.

— Michael L. Millenson, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

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