functioned
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Instead, Gallrein simply functioned as an anthropomorphized biography.
From Slate • May 19, 2026
However, the FTC conducted a study finding eight different companies functioned as intermediaries to facilitate surveillance pricing for over 250 companies across grocery, apparel, home goods, convenience, car rentals, online casinos and more.
From Salon • May 18, 2026
For St. Louis, the exposition functioned as an exercise in city-building and the carving out of civic spaces, including architect Cass Gilbert’s Palace of Fine Arts, which was renamed the St. Louis Art Museum.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
There, the MTS role functioned more like a scientific fellowship than a corporate position.
From MarketWatch • May 9, 2026
He was a real swimmer, understood everything about the movements of arms and legs and breathing, understood how a body functioned while it was in the water.
From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz
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