functioning
Example Sentences
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The 41-year-old ski star with a surgically repaired right knee and without a functioning ACL in her left will begin the race as a legitimate contender to win a medal.
"What she is doing now would not be nearly as surprising in an elite athlete whose knee was already functioning like the ACL was torn at baseline."
From BBC
“The capital of the most powerful nation on earth appears to be without a vital, fully functioning newspaper to cover it,” columnist Peggy Noonan lamented in the Wall Street Journal.
From Salon
Even while in the womb, air pollution is even thought to alter how a developing baby's DNA is functioning during critical stages of development.
From BBC
The capital of the most powerful nation on earth appears to be without a vital, fully functioning newspaper to cover it.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
