- present participle of function.
functioning
Example Sentences
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The goal was to require video game publishers to keep games playable or at least in a reasonably functioning state even after the company had moved on.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
LA GUAIRA, Venezuela—For years, patients at the Dr. José María Vargas Hospital struggled with broken X-ray machines, missing lab supplies and a shortage of functioning surgery rooms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
You always want a big, fat, juicy part, but sometimes it’s just a functioning part in a really good story.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
The findings offer new insight into cognitive resilience, the brain's ability to continue functioning despite disease.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026
There seemed to be no way in which atoms and molecules could somehow spontaneously fall together to create organisms of such awesome complexity and subtle functioning as grace every region of the Earth.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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