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functioning

[fuhngk-shuh-ning] / ˈfʌŋk ʃə nɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
active
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A few months ago, I wouldn’t have been able to incorporate these habits of mind into a functioning tool.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

"I wasn't happy. I knew my body wasn't functioning properly and I wasn't prepared to just put up with it," she said.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

If federal habeas review is functioning properly, prisoners with innocence claims should prefer it over compassionate release; the latter reduces the sentence, but keeps the conviction intact.

From Slate • May 29, 2026

That is now the highest Tc ever reported for a superconductor functioning at ambient pressure since superconductivity was first discovered in 1911.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

I thought I was dying, too, and yet there I stood, battered and bruised but more or less fully functioning.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda




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