functioning

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It may also be tied to social behavior and difficulties in social functioning.

From Science Daily • May 10, 2026

“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

Continuing that rate of return requires a functioning NIH.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

The “Criminal Minds” star also underwent multiple spinal surgeries to manage cauda equina syndrome, a rare condition in which nerve bundle in the lumbar or sacral spine are compressed or not functioning properly.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

Had Galileo belonged to a functioning scientific community, to take just one example, he would have been firmly discouraged from placing his theory of the tides at the centre of his defence of Copernicanism.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton