functioning

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The human gut microbiome contains roughly 4,500 different types of bacteria that help keep the body functioning properly.

From Science Daily

“The terrorist threat was serious, and terrible for those who are affected, but it was like a nuisance in an otherwise functioning system,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

It was a fully functioning ecosystem where contestants slept, ate, played, read and whiled away the hours, built in a stretch of empty field off a Greenville highway.

From The Wall Street Journal

"It's been great, it helps my brain, it really does, it keeps me functioning - so it's good."

From BBC

Kosovo has missed out on hundreds of millions of euros' worth of European Union funds because of the lack of a functioning government.

From BBC