function
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These kinds of businesses, or the representations of these businesses, how do they function and how do they flourish?
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
Even so, scientists have not fully understood how these different stresses combine to impair HSC function.
From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2026
Each double helix contains vast arrays of chemical subunits that function like the zeroes and ones in a computer program.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
In February 2025, Kayan was admitted to hospital in Sheffield with high levels of calcium and reduced kidney function.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Since the chemical was acidic, its name was later modified to nucleic acids—but the cellular function of nuclein had remained mysterious.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing function
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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The SAT: Language of the Test, List 6
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Language and Grammar - Introductory
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