How to Use organism in a Sentence

organism

noun
  • A human being is a complex organism.
  • So mycelium is the organism that mushrooms grow from and the substrate is their food and habitat.
    Bon Appétit, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The Imperia speakers made a sound that was wide and vivid and full of dirty weight, the breath of an organism.
    Sasha Frere-Jones, Harper’s Magazine , 9 Nov. 2022
  • That’s easier said than done where fossil organisms are concerned.
    Asher Elbein, Scientific American, 24 Sep. 2024
  • But there’s a dire urgency in getting this treaty moving, not just for human health, but for the health of every organism on this planet.
    WIRED, 29 Nov. 2022
  • The organism hijacks the body and brain of its ant host, mind-controlling it into abandoning its nest and climbing a nearby tree.
    Kate Golembiewski, CNN, 18 Nov. 2022
  • The basic idea—original to him—is that an organism’s genome will determine more than just its body makeup and behavior.
    Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2024
  • This self-righting happens just 20 milliseconds into the jump—faster than any other wingless organism can do it.
    Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Brown has already tried the one remaining antibiotic the organism responds to.
    WIRED, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Seaweed is an incredibly resilient organism, and some species, such as giant kelp, can grow up to two feet a day and as tall as 175 feet.
    Bylucy Sherriff, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2022
  • And yet, no two sources reach a consensus about Pando’s fate and whether this magnificent organism really is knocking on death’s door.
    Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Nov. 2022
  • To harness the power of living organisms to develop materials and objects.
    Delle Chan, WIRED, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Dupixent is a biologic drug, a newer class of medication made from living cells or components of living organisms, like proteins.
    Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 27 Sep. 2024
  • This galaxy of organisms makes up the base of the oceanic food web.
    WIRED, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The presence of the organism — thought to be a sea snail — kept the 14-deck Viking Orion adrift 16 miles off the coast of Adelaide, Australia.
    Natasha Frost, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2023
  • In other words, the Rangers are poised to flood the zone with arms, which really is the best approach to an organism like the bullpen.
    Dallas News, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Glowing organisms, like the ones observed in the video, are most commonly found in the ocean.
    Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The catch was that introners were only known to exist in a few organisms.
    Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Yet, on the species level, an organism might not need to survive to be reborn.
    Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Image in the Age of A.I. Like a living organism, the project has morphed and evolved alongside its founders.
    Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Among the most vulnerable organisms to this change are the world’s corals.
    Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Either way, the strength of the germline signal regulates the organism’s life span, Dillin said.
    Quanta Magazine, 8 Jan. 2024
  • To further test the hypothesis that the organism was eating the virus, the researchers added dye to the chlorovirus DNA.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Watch this video to see a few organisms invisible to the naked eye.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024
  • The egg and each polar body each contain half of the complement of genes needed to make a new organism.
    Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2024
  • The harmful effects of a red tide are caused by toxins released by the organism.
    Li Cohen, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Like corals do in reef ecosystems, the organisms of the open ocean have certain tolerances for heat.
    WIRED, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The massive organism covers an area of 77 square miles.
    Danielle Hall, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2022
  • The event exposes the organic carbon from the remains of long dead organisms in the rocks to oxygen in the air and water.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Antarctica also offers a unique opportunity to study extremophiles—organisms that thrive in extreme environments.
    Shelli Brunswick, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024

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