functioning as

Example Sentences

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“It’s a lifeline to keep functioning as normally as possible,” he said, explaining that the business lost money last year due to tariffs and has been discounting some existing inventory to boost cash flow.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Even the distributor behind this very sequel, 20th Century Studios, was bought, chopped up and consolidated, now functioning as one of Disney’s many appendages.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

It said the drains were cleaned and functioning as expected and the issue had been passed to the Environment Agency to investigate.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026

The module can be controlled and monitored without physical cables, functioning as a self-contained unit.

From Science Daily • Jan. 19, 2026

Toni Morrison’s isn’t functioning as a modifier, which shades the meaning of genius, but as a determiner, which pins down its referent, in the same way that an article like the or this would do.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker