functioned

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What once functioned as supplemental classroom software has effectively become critical educational infrastructure.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

There, the MTS role functioned more like a scientific fellowship than a corporate position.

From MarketWatch • May 9, 2026

Since Coachella’s tandem cultural ascent with social media and the influencer in the 2010s, Weekend 1 has increasingly functioned less as a traditional festival and more as a kind of content engine.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

The lawsuit claimed the invention infringed on Edison’s own work—a familiar maneuver in an era when patent law functioned as both shield and weapon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

The Americas, despite their large aggregate area, were fragmented by geography and ecology and functioned effectively as several poorly connected smaller continents.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond