org
(on the internet) a top-level domain appearing as a suffix on domain names used especially for nonprofit organizations.
org
1 American
[awrg, oh-ahr-jee, awrg]
/ ˈɔrg, ˈoʊˈɑrˈdʒi, ˈɔrg /
noun
org.
2
American
abbreviation
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organic.
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organization.
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organized.
org.
1
British
abbreviation
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organic
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organization
org
2
British
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of org
First recorded in 1935–40; by shortening of organization ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Pods are the next step in an ongoing engineering org evolution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
While the mayor’s team brings the vision, Fuleihan knows how the machine runs — not from the org chart, but from four decades inside it.
From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026
One day, AT&T produced a top-down org chart: chairman, president, senior VPs, executive VPs and first VPs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026
Top-down org charts are a blight, but one artificial intelligence will put an end to.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026
In fact, if you were to hold a McDonald’s organizational chart and a Black Disciples org chart side by side, you could hardly tell the difference.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
“So the customer side of the org. Really listening to the customer or listening to things that translate to the experience of the fans and what people are looking for.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 16, 2022
And, your energy permitting: to your city’s executive; to your neighborhood’s elected representative; to everyone, from the top to the bottom of the city government org. chart.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 22, 2021
“But now to more serious matters: the earth needs us, people! @GretaThunberg is telling hard truths. Get behind a climate/habitat saving org. We can do it!” she tweeted overnight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2021
In the Trump org., how are women treated compared to men?
From The Guardian ● Feb. 24, 2016
Some physicians are pressing this org. to seek a moratorium on capital punishment 33.
From Time Magazine Archive
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