1
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 church houses one of the earliest organs in Europe as well as one of its most remarkable altars.
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Chadd Scott, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Her job was to carefully separate all of the organs and tissues and store them in a freezer, preserving them until other scientists could analyze them.
—Celia Ford, Vox, 3 Mar. 2025
The national waitlist system shares organs through a computerized system designed for fairness.
—Andrew Jones, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025
Loose organs fall out the back of an unzipped jumpsuit.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025
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Chadd Scott, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Her job was to carefully separate all of the organs and tissues and store them in a freezer, preserving them until other scientists could analyze them.
—Celia Ford, Vox, 3 Mar. 2025
The national waitlist system shares organs through a computerized system designed for fairness.
—Andrew Jones, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025
Loose organs fall out the back of an unzipped jumpsuit.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for organ
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The windows were open squares pasted over with layers of newspaper, and the room was occupied mainly by a brick bed large enough for the parents and the four children to share.—
Yiyun Li,
The New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2025
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Previously, many of the big discussion points of the time were driven through more traditional media, such as newspapers or the television.—
Callum Booth,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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On-chain assets are, ultimately, financial instruments and the ecosystem is long overdue for crypto-specific audit and attestation standards.—
Sean Stein Smith,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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Each satellite carries a camera, which acts like a synchronized, single, virtual instrument with a largely uninterrupted view of the sun.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
8 Mar. 2025
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The Democrat and the Gazette even blamed the Black residents of Elaine for the violence and the Black periodicals the Chicago Defender and The Crisis (the NAACP’s magazine) for inciting racial hatred.—
Christmaelle Vernet & Kathy Roberts Forde / Made by History,
TIME,
28 Feb. 2025
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The expert testimony that the jury didn’t hear was presented by affidavit and published in periodicals around the nation.—
Avery Hurt,
Discover Magazine,
14 Jan. 2025
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Amtrak is also not considered a department, agency or instrumentality of the United States Government and its overseeing regulatory body, the OIG, remains open during shutdowns as well.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA TODAY,
20 Dec. 2024
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But the instrumentality of so many of his characters seems to have reached a nadir in The City and Its Uncertain Walls.—
Bailey Trela,
Vulture,
19 Nov. 2024
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Alex writes to Spencer in her journal just before boarding her train.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
9 Mar. 2025
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The research was published in the journal Nature Communications.—
Michael Irving,
New Atlas,
8 Mar. 2025
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The collection launches with a campaign featuring Los Angeles skateboarder Erik Ellington and Thrasher magazine frequenter Davey Sayles on the streets of Milan.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
11 Mar. 2025
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The building, a five-story apartment complex located in the southern Italian city of Bari, collapsed on Wednesday, March 5 — trapping a woman, 74, beneath the debris, Wanted in Rome — an English magazine for expats in Italy — reports, citing Italian outlet ANSA.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
11 Mar. 2025
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Challenges & Considerations Adopting AI agents for data solutions comes with important challenges that businesses must address: Security Risks: Granting AI agents broad access to data systems introduces new security vulnerabilities.—
Suri Nuthalapati,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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Tipping agent The reason the market is in a tizzy is that the tariffs could be the agent that tips the economy from a modest slowdown into a recession.—
Bob Pisani,
CNBC,
12 Mar. 2025
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The fire had taken almost all of it: her husband’s memorabilia from 15 years as the director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, their ceramics and furniture, all their photographs and books.—
Laura J. Nelson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2025
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No longer relegated to pillars in history books, Aziza quickly learns just how human the Jaspers are.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Organ.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/organ. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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