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 The state exam should be able to assess the lungs, airways and other thoracic organs, helping answer questions about drowning and time of death, according to Keel. — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 23 July 2026 Make a small cut along belly and slip out organs with your finger; discard. — Alexia Duchêne, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 July 2026 According to the autopsy report, Sykes suffered stab wounds to his organs, including his heart, liver and lungs. — Jazmin Alvarado, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026 The building hosts roughly 40 concerts every year, including summer organ shows on its 50-foot-tall Klais organ, the largest such instrument in Iceland. — Carolyn Heller, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for organ

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Sony and Fujifilm also evacuated staff from their plants in the area, Nikkei newspaper reported.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
Sacramento Bee print subscribers should see normal delivery of their newspapers on Tuesday in the wake of a press problem that forced cancellation of home and single-copy delivery on Monday.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of newspaper

Noun

In the 1930s a public health nurse set up a system of training dozens of midwives across our county and providing them with basic instruments and supplies.

— Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 July 2026
Art supplies, backpacks, stationery, educational organization tools like binders and file folders, lunch boxes, music instruments, flash drives and more count as school supplies.

— Zuri Primos July 25, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026

Definition of instrument

Noun

City law still requires newsstands to sell periodicals, but few bother for obvious reasons.

— Anne Kadet, Curbed, 22 July 2026
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

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

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European and North American agricultural journals hailed guano as a miraculous remedy for exhausted soils.

— Edward D. Melillo, Fortune, 27 July 2026
An agent that changes a purchase order, releases inventory, adjusts production or posts a journal entry is participating directly in the business.

— Robert Kramer, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of journal

Noun

Others worry that maintaining the boundary means ignoring the child’s emotions.

— Jillian Pretzel, Parents, 25 July 2026
In doing so, advisors may be able to add real, lasting value, not just through standard methods like investment management, but also through more nuanced means like estate planning, business succession, and family governance.

— Matthew Kayser July 24, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026

Definition of means

Noun

The café-bar is a pleasant enough hangout with slate-gray walls punched with color, shelves of artsy souvenirs, and design magazines worth browsing, but the surrounding streets are stacked with great dining options.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026
They were also named the World’s Best Tour Operator by Travel + Leisure magazine, a very prestigious accolade in the travel industry.

— Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of magazine

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In recent years, the Service Employees International Union 32BJ has pushed for better working conditions for workers at the airport, such as wheelchair agents and cabin cleaners, who work for contractors of American Airlines.

— DJ Simmons July 27, Charlotte Observer, 27 July 2026
Inadequate data management is projected to cause 60% of AI project failures, with autonomous agents posing even greater risks as errors can spread rapidly.

— Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

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