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Recent Examples of organ Two of these organs — the vascular organ of lamina terminalis (OVLT) and the subfornical organ (SFO) — are sensory organs not unlike a nose or an ear. Dan Samorodnitsky, Quanta Magazine, 11 Aug. 2025 Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is a chronic autoimmune disease that causes the immune system to mistakenly attack the thyroid gland, which controls metabolism and plays a major role in how organs function. Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 11 Aug. 2025 The department recommends cleaning and washing fish thoroughly in clean water, filleting the fish and removing all fat, skin and internal organs before cooking. Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 5 Aug. 2025 How did the organ transplant system fail to protect some of our most vulnerable Americans? Thomas Engels, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for organ
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Noun
  • Murdoch and the newspaper might win a quick judgment if that were the case, but Maxwell could block that by aiding Trump.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Trump has denied the reports and is suing the newspaper.
    Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • An automatic analysis system was used on a large body of materials-engineering research and related sciences to identify authors who incorrectly reported the instruments used in their studies, a potential giveaway of a piece of research being fraudulent.
    Fernanda González, Wired News, 11 Aug. 2025
  • DeMarco played every instrument; produced, engineered, and mixed the songs; shot the album cover and music videos using a tripod; and is releasing it on his own label.
    Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • These upgrades include: Additions to the original building to accommodate new exhibition galleries and offices An expansion of the Frick Art Research Library, a resource for scholars that includes books, periodicals, auction catalogs, and other digital resources.
    Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The saga of this allegedly civilized periodical seemed about as tranquil as a Viking smithy.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Noun
  • They are left wielding the tools of instrumentality: in-groups and cliques, buying effort through more money, coercive employment agreements and suits against whistleblowers.
    Dave Winsborough, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • In a paper appearing in the journal Annual Reviews of Nuclear and Particle Science, author Brian Fields notes that BBN represents our earliest reliable probe of the cosmos.
    Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Beneath the surface, however, the rig is teeming with life, according to a study published Aug. 4 in the journal Scielo Brazil.
    Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • And this year, Playboy even returned to publishing an annual print magazine.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Hardback and paperback books, records, jigsaw puzzles, CDs, DVDs, audiobooks and magazines are among the items that will be sold.
    Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Producer Berman got a call from Washington’s longtime WME agent, Andrew Finkelstein.
    Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Florida Keys deputies arrested a Miami man on DUI and child neglect charges Wednesday who identified himself as a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, according to the sheriff’s office.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Ghajar also represents Meta in a case in which authors have accused the company of illicitly training its AI language model on their books.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Richard is the author of several books on startups and entrepreneurship as well as the co-author of Poker for Dummies and a Wall Street Journal-bestselling book on small business.
    AllBusiness, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025

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“Organ.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/organ. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.

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