- plural of organism.
organisms
Example Sentences
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By formally identifying species such as L. slashi, scientists can build a clearer picture of New Guinea's biodiversity and better understand which organisms may be at risk as their habitats change.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
Higher-order organisms have developed a way of triaging that information, selecting what is relevant to our safety and our survival, and making instant decisions about how to allocate our resources and our attention.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The experiments were carried out in fission yeast, and results from simple organisms do not always translate directly to humans.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
Many plants and basic organisms can sense things in their environments and change their behaviors accordingly, but this does not require them to have an awareness of their selves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
The organisms killed might, for all we know, be at the base of a vast ecological pyramid at the top of which totter we.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
