functioning as

Example Sentences

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“This area acted as support earlier in the year before eventually giving way, and recent price action suggests it is now functioning as resistance,” the analyst adds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026

Even the distributor behind this very sequel, 20th Century Studios, was bought, chopped up and consolidated, now functioning as one of Disney’s many appendages.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

Earlier research proposed that this land bridge stopped functioning as a migration route around 56 million years ago.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

Musk told Tesla investors at the time that he envisioned xAI functioning as an "orchestra conductor" for Tesla factories employing autonomous robots.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

That is to say that they all but ceased their functioning as ears.

From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo