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organ

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1 a publication that appears at regular intervals

that newspaper is intended as an organ for the whole university community

Synonyms of organ

book, bulletin, diurnal, gazette, journal, mag, magazine, newspaper, paper, periodical, rag, review, serial, zine

Words Related to organ

annual, bimonthly, biweekly, daily, monthly, quarterly, semimonthly, semiweekly, triweekly, weekly, yearbook

digest, little magazine

pictorial, slick

broadside, edition, extra, sheet, supplement, tab, tabloid

newsletter, newsmagazine, newsweekly

2 something used to achieve an end

uses the business as an organ to fund a variety of political and social causes

Synonyms of organ

agency, agent, instrument, instrumentality, machinery, means, medium, ministry, vehicle

Words Related to organ

determinant, expedient, factor, influence, ingredient, mechanism, tool

activator, animator, catalyst, driver, energizer, executor, generator, impetus, incentive, inspiration, instigation, instigator, launcher, mover, power, stimulus, trigger

antecedent, cause, occasion, reason

subagency, subagent

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