organisms
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
At Whitehead, Sabatini’s work focused on how cells and organisms regulate growth, helping researchers understand how to treat cancer and diabetes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
Corals are marine invertebrates made up of hundreds to thousands of tiny, soft-bodied organisms called polyps.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
How different species developed and why life on Earth diversified from those single-cell organisms is often surprising and consistently engaging.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Uddin's photographs explore the miniature world of slime moulds, organisms that can be barely visible to the naked eye and whose fruiting structures are just one to two millimetres high.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
This huge idea—that individual organisms might be self-transcending in their relation to a dense society—was not approachable by the new techniques, nor did it suggest new experiments or methods.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
![]()
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a word