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as in books
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 instruments
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 organs
Frostbite happens when your body limits blood circulation to your feet, hands and nose to keep other organs warm.
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Natalie Jones, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2026
Another traveled through her right breast, but did not penetrate any major organs.
—Danielle Bacher, PEOPLE, 22 Jan. 2026
The visceral fat is the internal fat around your organs.
—Will Carless, USA Today, 22 Jan. 2026
But during a cardiac arrest, the heart stops beating, meaning there is no blood flow to the heart, brain, or other organs.
—Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Jan. 2026
The medical examiner narrowed down the diagnosis to sarcoidosis, which causes a build-up of immune cells in organs and tissues.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026
But that changed in the 2000s, when post-op care became more encompassing after rearranging patients’ internal organs.
—Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2026
Skin freezes when the body's survival mechanisms kick in to protect the body's vital organs.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026
Even the protective layers of cells that compose your skin and line your organs use electrical signals to make decisions, according to recent research.
—Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 12 Jan. 2026
Natalie Jones, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2026
Another traveled through her right breast, but did not penetrate any major organs.
—Danielle Bacher, PEOPLE, 22 Jan. 2026
The visceral fat is the internal fat around your organs.
—Will Carless, USA Today, 22 Jan. 2026
But during a cardiac arrest, the heart stops beating, meaning there is no blood flow to the heart, brain, or other organs.
—Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Jan. 2026
The medical examiner narrowed down the diagnosis to sarcoidosis, which causes a build-up of immune cells in organs and tissues.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026
But that changed in the 2000s, when post-op care became more encompassing after rearranging patients’ internal organs.
—Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2026
Skin freezes when the body's survival mechanisms kick in to protect the body's vital organs.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026
Even the protective layers of cells that compose your skin and line your organs use electrical signals to make decisions, according to recent research.
—Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 12 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for organs
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And in middle and high schools, teachers are assigning more excerpts and shorter texts, in so doing crowding out whole books and resulting in less overall reading.—
Ryan Craig,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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The front of the store will be stocked with bestsellers and new releases, so head back to the section with books that seem like they’d be shelved or displayed next to yours and take a look at the shout-outs in the final pages.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
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Designed for spinal and orthopedic procedures, Dynamis features a multi-arm architecture that mimics human bimanual workflows, allowing surgeons to position instruments with sub-millimeter accuracy.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Jan. 2026
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The album’s maximalist approach, combining an array of live instruments, VSTs, and samplers, sometimes coheres into true jams.—
H.D. Angel,
Pitchfork,
7 Jan. 2026
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Designate a place near the entryway for all mail, periodicals, and paper forms.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
13 Jan. 2026
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His houses were featured in such prominent periodicals as Life magazine in the 1950s and Vogue in 1972.—
Edward Keegan,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Jan. 2026
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The towing companies would be required to either advertise the auction on their websites or publish legal advertisements in local newspapers.—
Dave Altimari,
ProPublica,
7 Jan. 2026
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Or to be worthy of words in magazines, newspapers and blogs.—
Allyson Reedy,
Denver Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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Being Different means standing apart - leading on innovation and setting trends.—
Steven Wolfe Pereira,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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As part of the litigation, Snyder-Hill and his co-plaintiffs have sought to depose Wexner and recently won court approval to subpoena him through alternative means after his attorney refused to accept service and other efforts proved futile.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Instead, the 26-year-old gets ready, journals, prays and reads.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
27 Jan. 2026
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Motherisk also served as a kind of clearing house, with extremely similar articles based on its research findings running in multiple medical journals.—
Ben Taub,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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Martinez and another man were charged in October with assault with a deadly weapon, accused of following the agents' vehicles and initiating the collision with Exum's SUV that led to the shooting on Chicago's south side.—
James Hill,
ABC News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Lakeside's previous police chief, who also served as mayor, Robert Gordanaire, was fired after he and his daughter, the town clerk, were indicted by a grand jury for selling vehicles belonging to the town and pocketing the profit.—
Brian Maass,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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The event draws thousands of book lovers each year and offers more than 500,000 books, CDs, DVDs, vinyl records and magazines.—
Moran Elwell,
Oklahoman,
25 Jan. 2026
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Two Department of Homeland Security officials told CBS News the man had a firearm and two magazines.—
Nick Lentz,
CBS News,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Organs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/organs. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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