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They do not perform their final biological function until enzymes cut them into smaller fragments called peptides.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026

No matter how unparalleled the form, it still must follow function.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

IG analyst Fabien Yip said: "Unless paired with a genuine shift in BoJ policy, intervention will continue to function as a circuit-breaker rather than a cure for yen weakness."

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

A sport cannot function seriously on a world scale without such conformity, and a World Cup - launched in 1963 and contested every four years since - needed that.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Relevant here, of course, is Foucault’s famous discussion of the author function: ‘Qu’est-ce qu’un auteur?’

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

IBM’s mainframes, servers and software are no less dominant in the core functions of insurance companies, banks, airlines and other members of the Fortune 500.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

The board approves the EDC’s annual budget but when it comes to approving actual projects, it largely functions as a final rubber stamp.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

But EA barristers said it had a general power to bring private prosecutions, and alternatively that allegations of conspiracy to defraud were connected to its functions.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

The Johns Hopkins researchers studied miniature models of the hindbrain, a region at the back of the skull that helps control essential functions such as breathing, sleep and heart rate.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026

With the women strapped to tilt tables with their heads angled down at 65 degrees, a cardiologist checked their heart functions as an electrocardiogram recorded information every five minutes.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson

Married to the legendary Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee until his death in 2014, Quinn has functioned, at least since the 1980s, as the self-appointed spokeswoman of the nation’s permanent political establishment.

From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026

In another lawsuit, he claimed an arcade rigged its claw machines against players, alleging it functioned as “a casino for children.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

They were also building out an empire, and that empire functioned by top-down tyrannical rule.

From Slate ● Jul. 3, 2026

If the company insists that this is a separate problem, ask them to explain why a toilet that functioned one way before the repair and another way immediately afterward should attract a second diagnostic fee.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026

Longstreet functioned mechanically, placing his troops in a defensive line.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

Chief Executive Vimal Kapur said the separation of Honeywell Aerospace during the recent quarter marked the beginning of a new era, with Honeywell Technologies now functioning as a pure-play automation company.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

They said this could represent a “crunch point” ahead of the winter heating season; however, as that’s a few months away, there are still enough supplies for economies to keep on functioning relatively normally.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

Research has linked synchronized movement with social bonding and increased pain thresholds, while studies of dance and movement therapy have found benefits for depression, anxiety and interpersonal functioning.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026

Physiological age reflects how well the body is functioning and may differ from chronological age, which is simply the number of years someone has lived.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026

Then imagine the skill required to isolate this particle, to take it apart and analyze its components and determine their highly complex functioning.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson