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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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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
The church cost $43,500, including $3,500 for the organ, which had 1,600 pipes and was included on the National Register of Historic Places in its own right.
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Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2024
These foreign travelers seem to find a home in many organs, as well as bodily fluids like breast milk and semen.
—Will Stone, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024
But in some people, for reasons not fully understood, the body creates pathogenic antibodies—called autoantibodies—to attack its organs and tissues.
—Johnson & Johnson, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
The loss of fat, muscle, and organ weight causes significant weight loss.
—Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 18 Dec. 2024
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Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2024
These foreign travelers seem to find a home in many organs, as well as bodily fluids like breast milk and semen.
—Will Stone, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024
But in some people, for reasons not fully understood, the body creates pathogenic antibodies—called autoantibodies—to attack its organs and tissues.
—Johnson & Johnson, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
The loss of fat, muscle, and organ weight causes significant weight loss.
—Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 18 Dec. 2024
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Here are the top stories: A newspaper from 1924 called dolls, ribbon boxes and school bags among some of the best holiday gifts for children.Stephanie Stremplewski, The Courier-Journal, 21 Dec. 2024
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Note: Most subscribers have some, but not all, of the puzzles that correspond to the following set of solutions for their local newspaper.USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
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The instruments will be about 500 feet apart, longer than the length of an American football field, which will allow scientists to get a closer view of the corona.Chandelis Duster, NPR, 21 Dec. 2024
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Its seismometer was the last active science instrument before the rover was officially retired in December 2022.Victoria Corless, Space.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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Less than a decade after Mao’s death, periodicals filled with dueling essays on contentious questions such as the relevance of Karl Marx’s theory of alienation and whether traditional Confucianism impeded China’s modernization.Julian Gewirtz, Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2022
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Daily newspapers ran no images, and the technology to reproduce photographs in books or periodicals was still 40 years away.Andrea Kaston Tange, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2024
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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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One literature review published in the BMJ, a medical journal, found that a four-week delay in cancer surgery was associated with a 6-8 percent increase in mortality risk. More than 420,000 Britons were on wait lists for heart care as of October 2024.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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The research team’s findings were published in the journal Device this week.Alex Knapp, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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In Madame Tussaud’s day, the wax statues actually broke news about what famous people looked like; her museum was the People magazine of its time.Zach Zimmerman, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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For her contribution to Japan’s #MeToo movement, Ito was listed as one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2020.Leo Barraclough, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024
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Secret Service agents thwarted the attack, and Routh fled before being apprehended.Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Dec. 2024
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This past offseason, Smith’s agent broached the topic of a contract extension this offseason, to no avail.Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
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Hardcover Travel Photo Book Screens are convenient, but nothing will replicate the experience of someone leafing through a physical book of their photos.Adam Morganstern, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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In all, Hill has written or helped with 14 books on various subjects from basketball to murder, the Belle of Louisville and gardening.Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Organ.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/organ. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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