functioning

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They found that the combination of two proteins, p21 and TREM2, reliably marks macrophages that are truly senescent and no longer functioning properly, while still driving inflammation in nearby tissue.

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2026

This reasoning assumes a healthy, functioning democracy where politicians earn trust and legitimacy, and then are held accountable for betraying it.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026

Their arguments helped convince congressional Republicans to push for the 15th Amendment, embedding in our national charter for the first time the idea that the right to vote is essential to a functioning democracy.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026

Hooray for the tort system—words you might not expect to read if you don’t remember that a properly functioning legal system helps capitalism proceed without force or fraud.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Once you join the residents in forgetting about the functioning humans they once were, you can think of them as a band of wizened toddlers at a tea party.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich