- present participle of function.
functioning
Example Sentences
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After seven strength training sessions, part of this fat breakdown system had begun functioning again.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
SB 942 declares that detainees at state, local and privately run facilities have the right to medical, dental and mental health care; physical exercise; clean drinking water and functioning toilets; and other rights.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
The Election Commission, a three-member body comprising the chief election commissioner and two election commissioners, defended its decision-making process, saying differing views were part of institutional functioning and that decisions had ultimately been taken unanimously.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
“A sufficiently powerful system functioning within a self-reinforcing loop risks reducing the ability of society to exercise meaningful oversight and intervention,” Bailey wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Had Galileo belonged to a functioning scientific community, to take just one example, he would have been firmly discouraged from placing his theory of the tides at the centre of his defence of Copernicanism.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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