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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
At that time, When Dora Richardson synthesized tamoxifen, there were no drugs specifically targeting the organs of the reproductive system.
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Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 31 Oct. 2024
When a person has a health condition or experiences trauma, their body may not be able to provide the organs with enough blood.
—Steffini Stalos, Verywell Health, 18 Oct. 2024
Sports Nine days after being shot, 49ers’ Ricky Pearsall honors those who saved his life
Sept. 10, 2024
A bullet entered Pearsall’s chest and exited his back but missed his vital organs, according to a social media post by his mother, Erin.
—Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
Previous research has discovered the tiny particles present in marine mammals’ tissues from exposure through consumption and then movement from the digestive tract into other organs.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024
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Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 31 Oct. 2024
When a person has a health condition or experiences trauma, their body may not be able to provide the organs with enough blood.
—Steffini Stalos, Verywell Health, 18 Oct. 2024
Sports Nine days after being shot, 49ers’ Ricky Pearsall honors those who saved his life
Sept. 10, 2024
A bullet entered Pearsall’s chest and exited his back but missed his vital organs, according to a social media post by his mother, Erin.
—Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
Previous research has discovered the tiny particles present in marine mammals’ tissues from exposure through consumption and then movement from the digestive tract into other organs.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for organ
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Benedict’s mother, Sue, told the U.K. newspaper The Independent shortly after his death that Benedict had informed her he was bullied because of his gender identity.Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Emilie Lucchesi has written for some of the country's largest newspapers, including The New York Times, Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times.Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
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The filing also details various financial instruments, including convertible notes and warrants issued in January 2023.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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These instruments produce massive datasets that require AI algorithms to filter out noise and identify patterns, such as detecting exoplanets.Shelli Brunswick, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Daily newspapers ran no images, and the technology to reproduce photographs in books or periodicals was still 40 years away.Andrea Kaston Tange, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2024
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Editing Humanity by Kevin Davies Amazon | Bookshop This book, which is by the executive editor of the scientific periodical The CRISPR Journal, is about CRISPR’s impact on the human body.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2024
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This dilemma can be solved in only one way, by the birth of a new faith, adjusted in its instrumentalities to the needs of the new century, but preserving the ultimate objectives of the old.Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011
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Moore said Tuesday, after the meeting, that the city controlling the budget would not be a legal conflict of interest, as the PAB is an instrumentality of Baltimore City.Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2024
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Fortunately for Pickford, however, much of her odyssey was witnessed by Edward Barlow, the chief mate on the Sampson (another ship in the same fleet), who kept a vivid journal.Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Maybe you’re inspired to explore meditative practices or journal through some big ideas.Valerie Mesa, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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Avery got her start in journalism while attending university, writing for the school newspaper and editing the student non-fiction magazine.Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2024
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His short fiction has appeared in a variety of national literary magazines and anthologies.Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 10 Nov. 2024
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Owens is alleged to have accepted $125,000 in cash from one of the agents on the yacht, according to the indictment.Bracey Harris, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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The Diplomat’s shorter second season is still consumed by the mystery of who’s behind the attacks that kicked off season one (the naval explosion that killed dozens of British sailors) and provided its cliffhanger (a car bomb resulting in the deaths of an American agent and a British MP).Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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Sedona is many things, but in my book, overrated will never be one of them.Erin Strout, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
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Admission is free; Hansen will have copies of her book for sale and signing.Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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“Organ.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/organ. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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