Thesaurus results for ORGANS

organs

noun

plural of organ

as in books

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 The machine specifically moves blood around the heart and lungs, allowing those organs to rest and heal. — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2026 Prosecutor Chryso Perganti said that the boy was pronounced dead in hospital a couple of hours after his fall, suffering multiple skull and bone fractures and damage to his vital organs. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026 Surgical options — most often reconstructive surgery, which corrects the prolapse and aims to put the pelvic organs back in place — may be considered when symptoms are severe or conservative treatments do not help, according to the Mayo Clinic. — Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 6 Oct. 2026 Spread across the 1,400 square feet first floor for visitors to see are eight human bodies, their organs and blood vessels, all preserved through a process called plastination. — Emma Hall october 3, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026 Several of the organs around her neck had hemorrhaging, which was worse in her spleen, which Lew said could mean weight was applied to her body. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026 The company added that CagriSema reduced harmful fat around abdominal organs, including in the liver and pancreas, in adults with Type 2 diabetes. — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026 Immix Biopharma said its experimental CAR-T therapy induced complete remissions in 89% of patients with AL Amyloidosis, a rare autoimmune disorder in which toxic proteins build up in organs like the heart and kidneys. — Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 29 Sep. 2026 These organs send messages throughout the body to control many vital functions, and the molecules that carry that message are called hormones. — Sean McCann, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026

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HarperCollins said Archer's books were sold in 119 countries.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
Shop for clothing, books, antiques, and jewelry (Croghan’s is amazing) up and down King Street.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

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Sweetwater, an online music instruments retailer, had swept in to steal market share with more serious musicians, while mass retailers like Walmart were attracting entry-level guitarists.

— Phil Wahba, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
The latter scope which includes the instruments HARPS (High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher) and NIRPS (Near Infra Red Planet Searcher), which astronomers use to find and study exoplanets — worlds outside of our solar system.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 9 Oct. 2026

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When word spread that the Chief Librarian of the Army was paying a visit, soldiers rushed to request their favorite periodicals and book genres.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026
Operating for nearly a century, Algani began in 1927 as a modest seller of newspapers, periodicals, and postcards before evolving into one of the city’s first international newsstands.

— Eleonora Giordani, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of periodicals

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For Lev, assessing what participants take home means asking about their behavior.

— Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
On social media, viewers immediately marveled at Rosalía’s ability to deliver her usual powerful vocals during the first song while striking the pose — and some wondered if she was somehow being propped up through unseen means.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026

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Also on the lobby level, a corner shop sells downloadable newspapers and magazines, snacks, and classic Penguin paperbacks.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Earlier bans were usually covered by local newspapers and then eventually forgotten.

— Naveen Basavaraj, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of newspapers

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The automaker operates production facilities in Changchun, Chengdu, Foshan, Qingdao, and Tianjin, producing vehicles under the Volkswagen, Audi, and Jetta brands.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
Surveillance video shows three vehicles circling the parking lot before a white Toyota Tacoma barrels through the storefront, shattering glass and sending employees running.

— Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026

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Natural toiletries, journals and in-room yoga mats are a suitably Kamalaya touch.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
Still, there’s a difference between having a handful of books and a small stack of journals on a shelf and having robust structures that actually support the souls of working writers.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026

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