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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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
Sleep is essentially the night shift for one of your body's most important organs.
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Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Declining oxygen levels cause symptoms similar to altitude sickness and in the long run can damage the lungs and other organs, while carbon dioxide buildup causes exhaustion and eventual unconsciousness.
—ABC News, 26 May 2026
The goals of treatment are to control the infection, stabilize the patient and support any organs that are affected or failing.
—Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 26 May 2026
Abraham Lincoln was involved in a newspaper, a German-language organ that supported the Republicans.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
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Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Declining oxygen levels cause symptoms similar to altitude sickness and in the long run can damage the lungs and other organs, while carbon dioxide buildup causes exhaustion and eventual unconsciousness.
—ABC News, 26 May 2026
The goals of treatment are to control the infection, stabilize the patient and support any organs that are affected or failing.
—Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 26 May 2026
Abraham Lincoln was involved in a newspaper, a German-language organ that supported the Republicans.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for organ
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In 1971, Yoko Ono placed ads in local newspapers announcing a one-woman exhibition at New York’s Museum of Modern Art.—
Ariana Marsh,
Vogue,
28 May 2026
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An article published by the newspaper that honored her has been pulled down.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
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Henceforth, habeas corpus came to be used primarily as an instrument of federal oversight into state court decision making.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
25 May 2026
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Any financial instruments mentioned herein are speculative in nature and may involve risk to principal and interest.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
25 May 2026
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However, these publications predated the widespread use of the term magazine for periodicals.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
21 May 2026
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The gala’s funds support acquisitions of garments and accessories, but also the institute’s reference library, which holds over 800 periodicals and 1,500 designer files pertaining to the history of fashion and clothing, dating back to the sixteenth century.—
Rachel Tashjian,
CNN Money,
1 May 2026
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Issued by the Wyoming Stable Token Commission, a state instrumentality created under the Wyoming Stable Token Act (2023), FRNT is fully reserved and managed in partnership with Franklin Templeton.—
Jason Brett,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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Holding the weight of cotton’s influence on the world, and thus the instrumentality of Black labor, is painful, yet necessary work.—
Cierra Black,
Essence,
9 July 2025
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Each volume’s series editor selects notable work from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites, and a special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then makes the final selection for the anthology.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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Scientists have previously wondered whether immune cells could be involved in magnetic sensing, but the new study published Thursday in the journal Science is the first to present a full-fledged theory.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 May 2026
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As the saying goes, failure to prepare means preparing to fail–and the most successful dressers tend to have a practical streak.—
Olivia Allen,
Vogue,
25 May 2026
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All of this comes after reports that Lauren Sánchez is trying to help Bezos reshape his public image, and part of that for her means going out and meeting with people.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
25 May 2026
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That magazine is tied to one of the weapons charges in Mangione’s state indictment, raising the prospect that count could be dropped from the case.—
Nicki Brown,
CNN Money,
24 May 2026
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This story appeared in the May 20 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.—
Brett Berk,
HollywoodReporter,
24 May 2026
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During the search for the missing mother and daughter and Fieramusca, FBI agents followed Green.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
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What does work is a containment pattern that treats every agent action as an external call requiring authorization at the action level, not the session level.—
Shreyans Mehta,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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“Organ.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/organ. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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