social function
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The interactions could also have had a social function, or the orcas may simply have been playing.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
Warm but assured in her convictions, she immediately hit it off with Matt when they met at a social function during the summer before their junior years in college.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2023
“There is still much work to be done in the area of understanding how oxytocin might be utilized to improve social function in kids with autism,” Pelphrey said.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2021
The temporary return of the rules also served a social function on close-knit city blocks like Mr. Thomas’s stretch of West 108th Street.
From New York Times ● May 20, 2020
Prognosis: Correspondence between you and your sister cannot serve anything but a purely social function.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
