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[fuhngk-shuhn] / ˈfʌŋk ʃən /




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But as a result of Monday’s decision, mail voting in the 2026 election will largely function the same way it has in previous elections.

From Salon Sep. 15, 2026

Kevin can be blunt and forthright, but dressing rooms need that in order to function properly.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

Participants also underwent assessments covering several areas of cognition, including language, memory, executive function, and visuospatial ability.

From Science Daily Sep. 14, 2026

New imaging and biomarker technology shows promise for restoring joint function.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

Music creates a general sense of well being, while creating a positive environment in which to learn, create, and function.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

Because the US energy system functions at a local level, the impact on bills can be immediate.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

But the prime minster said it was "unacceptable for there to be a legislative bar against people of any faith performing all the functions of my office".

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

Open match that finished at 3:33 a.m.: the courtside sponsorship from Oura, the smart ring whose key functions include sleep tracking.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

A long obscure board that oversees L.A.’s federal homelessness funds has published a request for qualifications seeking new applicants for the four federally-mandated functions that make up LAHSA’s core work.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

“It serves several purposes. Primarily, it is my connection to the circus, but it also functions as a safeguard of a sort. I neglected the fact that it does not cover those outside the fence.”

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

At first, the account functioned like a group chat for local surfers.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

The reassignment is part of broader organizational changes that have the effect of making DeepMind—which Google acquired in 2014 and has functioned as a semiautonomous operation—more tightly integrated with the rest of the company.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

Credit markets have functioned smoothly, heavy supply has been absorbed and the main AI issuers still are “elite corporations with incredible balance sheets.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

Although companies describe them as decision-support tools, she said they often functioned as "automated decision-making systems".

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

After that we spent months at the Head Office in London learning how the great company functioned from the inside.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl

Bessent this week kicked off a series of bigger buybacks of long-dated Treasurys with the aim to keep the world’s biggest debt market functioning smoothly and stabilizing long-end rates.

From MarketWatch Sep. 13, 2026

Defence barrister Andrew Ford KC suggested Irwin was accustomed to complying with his mother's wishes over many years, and was a man of lower than average intellectual functioning.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

These detailed images allowed scientists to examine the structure of the heart as well as how effectively it was functioning.

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 2026

We planned to assess both generations across domains of emotional, social, and everyday functioning.

From Slate Sep. 11, 2026

A substance that is not a carcinogen in the ordinary sense may disturb the normal functioning of some part of the body in such a way that malignancy results.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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