- plural of organism.
organisms
Example Sentences
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Familiar examples include amoebas, various algae, and diatoms, which are microscopic organisms often found in aquatic environments.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
But living organisms on Earth only function with one of those forms.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
"These kinds of self-organizing RNA compartments were possibly a step along the way to single-cell organisms," Banerjee says.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
Natural-fiber garments shed microfibers that have been found in oceans and human lung tissue, and have harmed marine organisms in lab studies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Genes could, in other words, be transmitted between two organisms without any form of reproduction.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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