Thesaurus results for ORGANS

organs

noun

plural of organ

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a publication that appears at regular intervals that newspaper is intended as an organ for the whole university community

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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 organs There are always more patients in need than organs available. — Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Aug. 2026 Think about all the things your internal organs are doing right now. — Margaret Cirino, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026 Your immune system needs iron to fight infections, and your body uses iron to make hemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen from your lungs to other organs and tissues. — Anahad O’Connor, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026 The compounds and particles emitted by wildfires can harm human health, including the lungs, heart and organs, and include known carcinogens. — Michael A. Robinson, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026 Heloísa and Helena began to suffer from insufficient blood flow to vital organs, and died from heart attacks, just 14 minutes apart. — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 24 Aug. 2026 Preeclampsia is hypertension that develops after 20 weeks and is accompanied by signs that other organs, such as the kidneys, are being affected. — Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026 Moderna and Merck said Wednesday their experimental mRNA cancer vaccine successfully reduced recurrence of melanoma, and prevented the deadly skin cancer from spreading to other organs, in a large trial. — Peter Weber, TheWeek, 20 Aug. 2026 Together, the drugs kept the cancer from returning for longer and prevented it from spreading to other organs. — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

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By the end of the night, Chicago had nine in total as part of a 17-3 rout that cemented August 2026 as one for the record books for the North Siders.

— Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Chase said the acquisition marked an expansion of the library’s collecting interests beyond its millions of rare books, manuscripts and historical items spanning from the 11th through the 21st centuries.

— Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

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The instruments can move with greater flexibility than the human hand, while the system filters out natural hand tremors that could affect delicate movements.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
Bands like the all-female salsa group Agua Pura and the young Los Jefes have taken up unofficial residencies in Segovia's home, using his instruments, recording booths and expertise in the industry to help shape their own sound.

— Marissa J. Lang, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026

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People who might be lucky to have a roof over their heads gathered there to read American books and periodicals, watch American movies, listen to lectures about America, tap their toes to jazz from America.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
It is anticipated that all IEEE periodicals will be included in the Integrity Hub screening by the end of this year.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2026

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The Gulf states have experimented with ship-to-ship transfers and other means of moving crude around Iranian restrictions.

— Hamidreza Azizi, Time, 29 Aug. 2026
Living with endometriosis means becoming an expert on highly specialized ingredients and constantly cross-checking product labels.

— Bella Webb, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2026

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Teamsters California sued the California Department of Motor Vehicles earlier this month over the DMV’s decision to lift a ban on autonomous vehicles weighing more than 10,001 pounds.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
One item bearing the brunt of the tariffs is vehicles, which could have an outsized impact on Kansas City.

— Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of vehicles

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Historians have gleaned information from journals, letters and diaries, about their dialect.

— Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
The organization has generated $13 million in research, published 25 studies in scientific journals and created innovative programs to support veterans, according to its website.

— Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026

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