functional
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Fiel, vice president of brand and creative at the AI-native startup Newton, loves reinventions of utilitarian clothing, favoring functional pieces in deep greens and blacks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
This, of course, has its own nuances, but being a functional adult means learning to measure your own integrity.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
A Gartner survey of around 1,300 functional leaders from companies with at least $50 million in fiscal 2025 revenue found a sizable share—23%—have no idea of the rate of return on their AI investments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
"We're saying there's a functional equivalence here. So you can't rule out vertical climbing just because something doesn't have a chimpanzee-like foot."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
Leonardo’s drawing is clear enough for a model of the machine to have been built and demonstrated to be functional.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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