Thesaurus results for ORGANS

organs

noun

plural of organ

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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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 There are always more patients in need than organs available. — Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Aug. 2026 Think about all the things your internal organs are doing right now. — Margaret Cirino, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026 Your immune system needs iron to fight infections, and your body uses iron to make hemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen from your lungs to other organs and tissues. — Anahad O’Connor, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026 The compounds and particles emitted by wildfires can harm human health, including the lungs, heart and organs, and include known carcinogens. — Michael A. Robinson, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026 Heloísa and Helena began to suffer from insufficient blood flow to vital organs, and died from heart attacks, just 14 minutes apart. — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 24 Aug. 2026 Preeclampsia is hypertension that develops after 20 weeks and is accompanied by signs that other organs, such as the kidneys, are being affected. — Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026 Moderna and Merck said Wednesday their experimental mRNA cancer vaccine successfully reduced recurrence of melanoma, and prevented the deadly skin cancer from spreading to other organs, in a large trial. — Peter Weber, TheWeek, 20 Aug. 2026 Together, the drugs kept the cancer from returning for longer and prevented it from spreading to other organs. — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

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Between tuition, books, supplies and all the other costs that arrive with a new academic year, transportation is one area where students and families may be looking to save.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Aug. 2026
The government also plans to increase the use of physical books in classrooms, part of a wider effort to pull back from digital technology that has included banning smartphones in schools and proposing a social-media ban for children under 16.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026

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The instruments can move with greater flexibility than the human hand, while the system filters out natural hand tremors that could affect delicate movements.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
Bands like the all-female salsa group Agua Pura and the young Los Jefes have taken up unofficial residencies in Segovia's home, using his instruments, recording booths and expertise in the industry to help shape their own sound.

— Marissa J. Lang, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026

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People who might be lucky to have a roof over their heads gathered there to read American books and periodicals, watch American movies, listen to lectures about America, tap their toes to jazz from America.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
It is anticipated that all IEEE periodicals will be included in the Integrity Hub screening by the end of this year.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2026

Definition of periodicals

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The Gulf states have experimented with ship-to-ship transfers and other means of moving crude around Iranian restrictions.

— Hamidreza Azizi, Time, 29 Aug. 2026
Living with endometriosis means becoming an expert on highly specialized ingredients and constantly cross-checking product labels.

— Bella Webb, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of means

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At the top were candidate debates and town halls, followed in close order by social media platforms, then by local news broadcasts and newspapers.

— Susan Page, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
After being recognized in Los Angeles following his picture hitting newspapers around the country in 1985, a group of Boyle Heights residents chased Ramirez down and beat him, holding him in place until police arrived.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of newspapers

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Teamsters California sued the California Department of Motor Vehicles earlier this month over the DMV’s decision to lift a ban on autonomous vehicles weighing more than 10,001 pounds.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
One item bearing the brunt of the tariffs is vehicles, which could have an outsized impact on Kansas City.

— Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of vehicles

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Historians have gleaned information from journals, letters and diaries, about their dialect.

— Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
The organization has generated $13 million in research, published 25 studies in scientific journals and created innovative programs to support veterans, according to its website.

— Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of journals

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The Nordic Co-Production Market brings together Nordic and international producers, financiers, distributors and sales agents around projects in development.

— Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
The actor stars opposite AnnaSophia Robb, with the two playing a pair of FBI agents who investigate what seems to be an impossible homicide inside the prison.

— Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026

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