function

Example Sentences

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In October, UN official Ugochi Daniels reported that basic services were "barely functioning".

From BBC

Solid tumors -- including gastric, lung, and liver cancers -- form dense structures that block immune cells from entering or functioning effectively.

From Science Daily

Many found a city with barely functioning services, their homes destroyed and neighbourhoods pockmarked by makeshift cemeteries authorities are now exhuming.

From Barron's

Those functions also create reams of new data that has to be stored on components like hard drives and flash-based solid-state drives.

From The Wall Street Journal

Bee devices are worn on the wrist, belt or lapel, and primarily function as an assistant by taking notes, offering reminders and keeping calendars.

From Barron's