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“A half-hour of hard-driving rock led straight into mid-tempo sludge like ‘Fingerprint File,’ a pointless but not purposeless exercise whose supposed function was to prove that Jagger could play guitar competently.”

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

“Expertly designed retaining walls expand the usable hillside pad, showcasing an understanding of form and function that mirrors the property’s disciplined calm.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

Without water, the locks that lift and lower ships at the start and end of their crossing cannot function.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

The boys, aged 11 to 14, had gone there in the early evening of 29 August while their parents were at a function in the Red Lion pub.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

His face glows red in the flashing light of the remote-pilot function.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

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

In response to the item, Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath released a statement Wednesday saying the county would apply to take over those functions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

Even today, aside from making a mortgage payment — which functions as a sort of forced-savings mechanism — households typically don’t save much at all, he noted.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

Shares of Salesforce, which sells software with which companies manage their sales and marketing functions, fell about 30% early this year after the release of surprisingly adept new coding tools from Anthropic and OpenAI.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

“If we had logarithmic tables of all the trigometric functions, you could work any problem in navigation with nothing but addition and subtraction.”

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham

And while some safety systems were absent, he said the gas detectors apparently functioned as they should do, triggering an automatic shut down of the fuel supply.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

In the years following its acquisition by Google, the London-based DeepMind primarily functioned as an independent research entity instead of a integrated product unit.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

Married to the legendary Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee until his death in 2014, Quinn has functioned, at least since the 1980s, as the self-appointed spokeswoman of the nation’s permanent political establishment.

From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026

Our vertebral column has evolved little from our four-legged, quadrupedal tree-dwelling ancestors, where it functioned primarily as a flexible beam for smooth movement from branch to branch, while also protecting the spinal cord.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026

He introduced a voucher system, which at first functioned as a form of credit, but gradually became a substitute for legal tender.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

For five years, the PGA Tour has been functioning without some of the biggest stars in the game.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

If the body’s system isn’t functioning properly, then there is a risk of dehydration, heart strain and overheating, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

The situation has disrupted social and economic life to such an extent that the authorities announced a rare relaxation of security protocols to allow the city of some three million people to keep functioning.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

“Bond markets are still functioning well according to bid-ask spreads or auction demand, but elevated rate levels are rightfully raising debt sustainability concerns,” they said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

It speeds up communication between the hemispheres and affects language and higher-order brain functioning.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin