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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 instrumentalities
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
No team can carve the organs out of its fan base with a blowtorch and rusty pliers quite like the Browns.
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Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Therfe are also the transversus abdominus muscles that sit deeper in your abdomen and help stabilize the trunk and shield your organs.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Over time, high blood sugar levels associated with diabetes can damage nerves, kidneys, eyes, feet, skin, and other organs.
—Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 6 Sep. 2025
Lower right back pain can stem from sprains, strains, back conditions, nerve compression, chronic health problems, or issues with internal organs.
—Brandi Jones, Health, 6 Sep. 2025
One of the most common is a transvaginal ultrasound, which uses sound waves to look at organs like your ovaries, fallopian tubes, and uterus.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 5 Sep. 2025
With such a condition, abdominal organs can move into the chest cavity, often causing difficulty breathing for newborns and high morbidity and mortality.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2025
Scientists say these have contaminated the soil, filled our oceans, disrupted food chains and penetrated most people’s organs and bones.
—Jia H. Jung, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
His body and those organs needed time to build back strength first.
—Theoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2025
Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Therfe are also the transversus abdominus muscles that sit deeper in your abdomen and help stabilize the trunk and shield your organs.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Over time, high blood sugar levels associated with diabetes can damage nerves, kidneys, eyes, feet, skin, and other organs.
—Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 6 Sep. 2025
Lower right back pain can stem from sprains, strains, back conditions, nerve compression, chronic health problems, or issues with internal organs.
—Brandi Jones, Health, 6 Sep. 2025
One of the most common is a transvaginal ultrasound, which uses sound waves to look at organs like your ovaries, fallopian tubes, and uterus.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 5 Sep. 2025
With such a condition, abdominal organs can move into the chest cavity, often causing difficulty breathing for newborns and high morbidity and mortality.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2025
Scientists say these have contaminated the soil, filled our oceans, disrupted food chains and penetrated most people’s organs and bones.
—Jia H. Jung, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
His body and those organs needed time to build back strength first.
—Theoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for organs
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These two energies seduced me to find womxn who, through their artistic work, were open to rebellious acts such as publishing art books on essential topics.—
Caterina De Biasio,
Vogue,
11 Sep. 2025
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Why ban books, Postman asked, if no one bothers to read them?—
Time,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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For someone who’d spent much of the 2010s crashing on friends’ floors, having her own bass technician and eight different instruments in her rig was a huge change.—
Jonathan Bernstein,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
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This is particularly critical for firms trading illiquid or fragmented instruments.—
Ashok Reddy,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Other Australian newspapers and Sky News Australia are also under the company’s ownership.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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There is also a desire for infamy and to have their names and faces splashed across the internet and newspapers for a spurt of violence.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Just getting the vehicles out of the barn was a daylong process.—
Eric D. Lawrence,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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The firm has been trialing its electric vehicles in various cities over the last couple of years, and inaugurated an assembly and testing plant in Hayward, California, to produce 10,000 vans annually that Zoox itself will own and operate.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
11 Sep. 2025
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Her academic credentials include published research in journals such as Nature Cell Biology and FASEB Journal, with extensive work on aging, nutrition, and disease prevention.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
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Parker’s attempts to publish in academic journals have regularly been rebuffed.—
Tom Bartlett,
The Atlantic,
9 Sep. 2025
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Paxton’s interest in Paul’s plight was bizarre, obsessive and so far beyond normal operations at the attorney general’s office that the agency’s top officials struggled to convey their concerns during the hourslong meeting with two FBI agents.—
Kimberly Ross,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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The guild was involved with the WGA action in the States and has struck meaningful deals of late with the likes of the BBC, Netflix and the trade body that represents UK agents.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
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His photographs have appeared in wildlife magazines, books, and zoo publications.—
Jordi Lippe-McGraw,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Though nearly all its authors, editors, publishers, and readers would likely describe themselves as progressive, more and more of the stories that win acclaim and are published in top-tier magazines embody a conservative view of the world.—
Nathaniel Moore
September 10,
Literary Hub,
10 Sep. 2025
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Daly noted that the Certification is part of a bigger plan to set the standard for what agility and future-readiness means in the automotive dealership industry.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Travelers looking for a luxurious experience at the Miami airport — and have the means to pay for it — will get a new private terminal opening in 2026.—
D.A. Varela,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Organs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/organs. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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