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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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2
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
Reye’s syndrome is a potentially life-threatening condition that affects all organs, especially the liver and brain.
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Jessica Swirble, Verywell Health, 12 Feb. 2025
Working in concert with progesterone and testosterone, estrogen influences nearly every cell, organ, and system in some way, acting as an anti-inflammatory, an antioxidant, a lubricant, a regenerator, and a regulator.
—Jolene Edgar, Allure, 11 Feb. 2025
In extreme cases, excessive heat can lead to organ damage, heart failure, and death.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 7 Feb. 2025
The 15-foot carcass was covered in bite wounds and stripped of its internal organs, leaving locals and scientists with the same question: What on Earth could have killed it?
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
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Jessica Swirble, Verywell Health, 12 Feb. 2025
Working in concert with progesterone and testosterone, estrogen influences nearly every cell, organ, and system in some way, acting as an anti-inflammatory, an antioxidant, a lubricant, a regenerator, and a regulator.
—Jolene Edgar, Allure, 11 Feb. 2025
In extreme cases, excessive heat can lead to organ damage, heart failure, and death.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 7 Feb. 2025
The 15-foot carcass was covered in bite wounds and stripped of its internal organs, leaving locals and scientists with the same question: What on Earth could have killed it?
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for organ
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Rebecca also contributes regularly to the i newspaper, Euronews and Fortune.—
Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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The financial crisis affecting local news means that most local newspapers can no longer support reporters in Washington.—
Sara Fischer,
Axios,
25 Feb. 2025
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However, these stations across the country and the instruments used to collect the data vary and have evolved over time, meaning that raw historical data might not always reflect accurate or consistent conditions.—
Leah Sarnoff,
ABC News,
25 Feb. 2025
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Additionally, an instrument known as a Laser Retroreflector Array on the top deck of the lander will be activated.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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Their work began last year and continues through March, with the goals of creating a quilt show and adding information to the Mingei’s databases through researching periodicals, magazines, speaking with and learning from quilt historians, and from local quilters.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Jan. 2025
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Johnson, who already has a pickleball business consulting business and a periodical launched focusing on the industry of the sport, will now help bring some organizational order to the growing world of facilities owners.—
Todd Boss,
Forbes,
10 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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The researchers published their findings in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.—
Kiona N. Smith,
Space.com,
25 Feb. 2025
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That was best highlighted in a 2023 study published in the journal Evolution, Medicine and Public Health, which sought to identify the key facets of a long and happy life for our canine companions.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025
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Members of Daesh, a terror organization, beheaded the 21 men on the beach and then posted the photographs in Dabiq, its propaganda magazine.—
Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab,
Forbes,
15 Feb. 2025
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Many of these episodes expanded upon subjects written about in Scientific American magazine.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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Sports Listen to this article 1 of 24 Originally Published: February 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM EST Most Popular Most Popular Federal agents are rounding up migrants in Florida, but specifics are spotty.—
Stephen M. Dowell,
Orlando Sentinel,
15 Feb. 2025
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One is focused on the agent, while the other stares at the man being scanned.—
Vicky Hallett,
NPR,
15 Feb. 2025
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One of the letters was published in full in Wolff's book.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
22 Feb. 2025
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Yet his book arrives as major political parties are working to stamp the memory of the Holocaust out of public consciousness.—
Gary J. Bass,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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“Organ.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/organ. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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